Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... not words to fix a name on so extravagant a creature . Where is the very possibility of entering into these thoughts and resolutions ? What delight is there in expecting misery without end ? What + THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
... not words to fix a name on so extravagant a creature . Where is the very possibility of entering into these thoughts and resolutions ? What delight is there in expecting misery without end ? What + THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
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... to be worthy of nothing but hatred . No religion , except the Christian , has known man to be the most excellent of visible creatures , and at the same time the most miserable . Some having appre- hended 12 THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
... to be worthy of nothing but hatred . No religion , except the Christian , has known man to be the most excellent of visible creatures , and at the same time the most miserable . Some having appre- hended 12 THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
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... with that of the beasts , and by inclining you to place all your good in sensual de- light , the portion of irrational creatures ? These could never be the means of discovering to you the injustice 20 THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
... with that of the beasts , and by inclining you to place all your good in sensual de- light , the portion of irrational creatures ? These could never be the means of discovering to you the injustice 20 THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
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... creatures that were his subjects , I made them his ene- mies . Man himself is now become like unto the beasts , and removed to such a distance from me , as scarce to retain some scattered rays and confused notices of his author ; so far ...
... creatures that were his subjects , I made them his ene- mies . Man himself is now become like unto the beasts , and removed to such a distance from me , as scarce to retain some scattered rays and confused notices of his author ; so far ...
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... our own strength , whether his mercy cannot render us capable of an union with him . For I would gladly be informed whence this creature , which acknowledgeth himself so weak and contemptible , should obtain THOUGHTS ON RELIGION . 27.
... our own strength , whether his mercy cannot render us capable of an union with him . For I would gladly be informed whence this creature , which acknowledgeth himself so weak and contemptible , should obtain THOUGHTS ON RELIGION . 27.
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