Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... Misery of Man , 124 XXVII . Thoughts upon Miracles , 135 XXVIII . Christian Thoughts , 145 XXIX . Moral Thoughts , 165 XXX . Thoughts on Death , 178 XXXI . Miscellaneous Thoughts , 189 Prayers , 204 FENELON'S PIOUS REFLECTIONS , 217 ...
... Misery of Man , 124 XXVII . Thoughts upon Miracles , 135 XXVIII . Christian Thoughts , 145 XXIX . Moral Thoughts , 165 XXX . Thoughts on Death , 178 XXXI . Miscellaneous Thoughts , 189 Prayers , 204 FENELON'S PIOUS REFLECTIONS , 217 ...
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... 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- signed for ...
... 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- signed for ...
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Blaise Pascal. delight is there in expecting misery without end ? What vanity in finding one's self encompassed with im- penetrable darkness ? Or what consolation in despair- ing for ever of a comforter ? To sit down with some sort of ...
Blaise Pascal. delight is there in expecting misery without end ? What vanity in finding one's self encompassed with im- penetrable darkness ? Or what consolation in despair- ing for ever of a comforter ? To sit down with some sort of ...
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... to the danger of endless misery , it is impossible that this temper should be natural . They are quite other men in all other things , they fear the smallest inconveniencies , they see them as they ap- proach THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
... to the danger of endless misery , it is impossible that this temper should be natural . They are quite other men in all other things , they fear the smallest inconveniencies , they see them as they ap- proach THOUGHTS ON RELIGION .
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... misery of man , while living " without God in the world : " nothing is a surer token of extreme baseness of spirit , than not to hope for the reality of eternal promises : no man is so great a coward , as he that acts in defiance ...
... misery of man , while living " without God in the world : " nothing is a surer token of extreme baseness of spirit , than not to hope for the reality of eternal promises : no man is so great a coward , as he that acts in defiance ...
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