Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... less than our prin- cipal duty , to get light into a subject on which our whole conduct depends . And therefore , in the number of wav- ering and unsatisfied men , I make the greatest difference imaginable between those who labour with ...
... less than our prin- cipal duty , to get light into a subject on which our whole conduct depends . And therefore , in the number of wav- ering and unsatisfied men , I make the greatest difference imaginable between those who labour with ...
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... less natural to men . * It is our religion which has first taught that man is born in sin . No sect of philosophers ever said this : therefore no sect ever said the truth . The Divine nature being removed from human thoughts and ...
... less natural to men . * It is our religion which has first taught that man is born in sin . No sect of philosophers ever said this : therefore no sect ever said the truth . The Divine nature being removed from human thoughts and ...
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... has made you for his worship . You have not only a capacity of being like him , but wisdom , if you follow its directions , will render you his peers . " 66 While those of the latter herd cried with no less THOUGHTS ON RELIGION . 19.
... has made you for his worship . You have not only a capacity of being like him , but wisdom , if you follow its directions , will render you his peers . " 66 While those of the latter herd cried with no less THOUGHTS ON RELIGION . 19.
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Blaise Pascal. While those of the latter herd cried with no less earnest - ness , " Cast down your eyes to the ground , base worms as you are , and look on the beasts , your goodly partners and fellows . " What then is to be the fate of ...
Blaise Pascal. While those of the latter herd cried with no less earnest - ness , " Cast down your eyes to the ground , base worms as you are , and look on the beasts , your goodly partners and fellows . " What then is to be the fate of ...
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... less distract and divide them . • Observe again all the movements of greatness and glory , which the sense of so many miseries is not able to extinguish , and consider whether they can proceed from a less powerful cause than original ...
... less distract and divide them . • Observe again all the movements of greatness and glory , which the sense of so many miseries is not able to extinguish , and consider whether they can proceed from a less powerful cause than original ...
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