Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... Nature , with regard to Truth and Hap- piness , and many other things , XXII . The General Knowledge of Man , PAGE . 71 79 82 85 91 94 99 107 XXIII . The Greatness of Man , W 111 XXIV . The Vanity of Man , 114 XXV . The Weakness of Man ...
... Nature , with regard to Truth and Hap- piness , and many other things , XXII . The General Knowledge of Man , PAGE . 71 79 82 85 91 94 99 107 XXIII . The Greatness of Man , W 111 XXIV . The Vanity of Man , 114 XXV . The Weakness of Man ...
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... nature , before they opposed its authority . Did religion make its boast of beholding God with a clear and perfect view , and of possessing him without covering or veil , the ar- gument would bear some colour , when men should allege ...
... nature , before they opposed its authority . Did religion make its boast of beholding God with a clear and perfect view , and of possessing him without covering or veil , the ar- gument would bear some colour , when men should allege ...
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... nature ; and the happiness of heaven being certainly not de- signed for those who doubt whether they have an im- mortal part to enjoy it , such persons have nothing left , but the miserable chance of annihilation , or of hell . There is ...
... nature ; and the happiness of heaven being certainly not de- signed for those who doubt whether they have an im- mortal part to enjoy it , such persons have nothing left , but the miserable chance of annihilation , or of hell . There is ...
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... nature , as the dullest thing I carry about me . I behold these frightful spaces of the universe with which I am encom- passed , and I find myself chained to one little corner of the vast extent , without understanding why I am placed ...
... nature , as the dullest thing I carry about me . I behold these frightful spaces of the universe with which I am encom- passed , and I find myself chained to one little corner of the vast extent , without understanding why I am placed ...
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... nature , by such un- natural sentiments and conduct . Nothing is so important to any man as his own estate and condition ; nothing so great , so awful , as eternity . If , therefore , we find persons indifferent to the loss of their ...
... nature , by such un- natural sentiments and conduct . Nothing is so important to any man as his own estate and condition ; nothing so great , so awful , as eternity . If , therefore , we find persons indifferent to the loss of their ...
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