Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... happiness , or misery , or into a state of annihilation . Between us and one of these three great states , no barrier is interposed , but life , the most brittle thing in all nature ; and the happiness of heaven being certainly not de ...
... happiness , or misery , or into a state of annihilation . Between us and one of these three great states , no barrier is interposed , but life , the most brittle thing in all nature ; and the happiness of heaven being certainly not de ...
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... happiness , true virtue and true religion are things the knowledge of which is reciprocal and inseparable . It should also be able to discern the greatness and the meanness of human condition , together with the cause and reason of both ...
... happiness , true virtue and true religion are things the knowledge of which is reciprocal and inseparable . It should also be able to discern the greatness and the meanness of human condition , together with the cause and reason of both ...
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... happiness . It ought to teach us the remedies of this infirmity , and the means of obtaining them . Let men compare all the religions of the world in these respects , and let them observe whether any one but the Christian is able to ...
... happiness . It ought to teach us the remedies of this infirmity , and the means of obtaining them . Let men compare all the religions of the world in these respects , and let them observe whether any one but the Christian is able to ...
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... happiness , and our duty ; together with the infirmities which stop us in so desired a course ; the proper help of these infirmities , and the means of obtaining this help ? let us hear what answer we receive upon the whole inquiry ...
... happiness , and our duty ; together with the infirmities which stop us in so desired a course ; the proper help of these infirmities , and the means of obtaining this help ? let us hear what answer we receive upon the whole inquiry ...
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... happiness , and altogether independent from the Divine succours ; and when he had withdrawn himself from my dominion , and affected an equality with me , by presuming to find all his happiness in himself , I abandoned him to his own ...
... happiness , and altogether independent from the Divine succours ; and when he had withdrawn himself from my dominion , and affected an equality with me , by presuming to find all his happiness in himself , I abandoned him to his own ...
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