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... less than this dare we aim . Though we cannot reach the mark , we can step to- wards it ; and this we are bound to do . How and why are we to aim at it ? are questions naturally suggested , and which must occupy the remainder of our ...
... less than this dare we aim . Though we cannot reach the mark , we can step to- wards it ; and this we are bound to do . How and why are we to aim at it ? are questions naturally suggested , and which must occupy the remainder of our ...
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... less native genius , or is it less in contact with the fountain of truth than the world ? Why should this age be under the literary dominion of men whose aim seems to be nothing higher than to provoke the world to laughter or to drive ...
... less native genius , or is it less in contact with the fountain of truth than the world ? Why should this age be under the literary dominion of men whose aim seems to be nothing higher than to provoke the world to laughter or to drive ...
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... less through the civilized world in the days of the apostle . Some steps were inevitable - either Christi- anity must connive at the system which would have proved an insuper- able barrier to its progress , or oppose the nuisance . But ...
... less through the civilized world in the days of the apostle . Some steps were inevitable - either Christi- anity must connive at the system which would have proved an insuper- able barrier to its progress , or oppose the nuisance . But ...
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... less urgently . It drove the wheel of thought faster , and every revolution it made brought the slave - master's view to some new and galling aspect of the radical injustice of man - traffic . It is thus ever with all the noble work of ...
... less urgently . It drove the wheel of thought faster , and every revolution it made brought the slave - master's view to some new and galling aspect of the radical injustice of man - traffic . It is thus ever with all the noble work of ...
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... less formal study , devoured and digested multifarious books , and reached a very high degree of culture . The chief advantage of the university to him , was in the circle of noble and loving friends with which he became surrounded ...
... less formal study , devoured and digested multifarious books , and reached a very high degree of culture . The chief advantage of the university to him , was in the circle of noble and loving friends with which he became surrounded ...
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Page 6 - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!
Page 456 - If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, " Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them...
Page 281 - And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the Lord.
Page 84 - And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. And he said, Cast it on the ground.
Page 10 - Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men : and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver.
Page 150 - But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye : and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled ; but sanctify the Lord God in your hearts : and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in yon with meekness and fear...
Page 454 - And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us ; and we forbade him, because he followeth not us.
Page 361 - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.
Page 359 - Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, Therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, And I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earnest.
Page 104 - Come forth out of thy royal chambers, O Prince of all the kings of the earth ! put on the visible robes of thy imperial majesty, take up that unlimited sceptre which thy almighty Father hath bequeathed thee ; for now the voice of thy bride calls thee, and all creatures sigh to be renewed.