Brownson's Quarterly Review, Volume 4Orestes Augustus Brownson Benjamin H. Greene, 1850 |
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... possible the real , and that the creator is fulfilled or com- pleted in the creature . In fine , we learned from him to assert an ontological basis for Christianity , and to regard the Christian mysteries as great ontological truths or ...
... possible the real , and that the creator is fulfilled or com- pleted in the creature . In fine , we learned from him to assert an ontological basis for Christianity , and to regard the Christian mysteries as great ontological truths or ...
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... possible for us , for the ordinary pro- cess of a religious experience lends itself very readily for the pur- poses of scientific investigation , and , moreover , fulfils the requisite conditions . To test , therefore , the correctness ...
... possible for us , for the ordinary pro- cess of a religious experience lends itself very readily for the pur- poses of scientific investigation , and , moreover , fulfils the requisite conditions . To test , therefore , the correctness ...
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... possible , not actual , existences . But history is always of the actual , and existence resolved into its possibility has no history . If , then , the author admits no difference between indi- vidual and species , he cannot write ...
... possible , not actual , existences . But history is always of the actual , and existence resolved into its possibility has no history . If , then , the author admits no difference between indi- vidual and species , he cannot write ...
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... possible to him . This possibility existed as a necessary condition of the creation , before the worlds were created ; for , had the creation not been possible , it is evident that it would never have taken place . The possibility ...
... possible to him . This possibility existed as a necessary condition of the creation , before the worlds were created ; for , had the creation not been possible , it is evident that it would never have taken place . The possibility ...
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... possible to God , the affirmation is false , we concede , for God cannot do what he cannot . If it was possible , then it was not possible ? Not at all . Then , by the very terms of the supposition , it was possible ; therefore the ...
... possible to God , the affirmation is false , we concede , for God cannot do what he cannot . If it was possible , then it was not possible ? Not at all . Then , by the very terms of the supposition , it was possible ; therefore the ...
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Page 100 - Extort from me. To bow and sue for grace With suppliant knee, and deify his power, Who from the terror of this arm so late Doubted his empire, — that were low indeed ! That were an ignominy...
Page 98 - Seek ye therefore first the Kingdom of God and His justice, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Page 443 - I have loved justice, and hated iniquity: therefore I die in exile...
Page 430 - If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me,
Page 445 - And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient, being filled with all unrighteousness...
Page 507 - ... territory or dominions of any foreign prince or state, or of any colony, district, or people with whom the United States are at peace, shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be fined not exceeding three thousand dollars, and imprisoned not more than three years.
Page 68 - and died away into silence. Then he beheld, in a dream, once more the home of his childhood ; Green Acadian meadows, with sylvan rivers among them, Village, and mountain, and woodlands ; and, walking under their shadow, As in the days of her youth, Evangeline rose in his vision. Tears came into his eyes ; and as slowly he lifted his eyelids, Vanished the vision away, but Evangeline knelt by his bedside. Vainly he strove to whisper her name, for the accents unuttered Died on his lips, and their motion...
Page 68 - Darkness of slumber and death, forever sinking and sinking. Then through those realms of shade, in multiplied reverberations, Heard he that cry of pain, and through the hush that succeeded Whispered a gentle voice, in accents tender and saint-like, '• Gabriel ! O my beloved !
Page 59 - Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses I Sweet was her breath as the breath of kine that feed in the meadows.
Page 68 - All was ended now, the hope, and the fear, and the sorrow, All the aching of heart, the restless, unsatisfied longing, All the dull, deep pain, and constant anguish of patience! And, as she pressed once more the lifeless head to her bosom, Meekly she bowed her own, and murmured, "Father, I thank thee!