Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... never to return . The sum of my knowledge is , that I must shortly die ; but that which I am most ignorant of is this very death , which I feel myself unable to decline . " As I know not whence I came , so I know not whither I go ; only ...
... never to return . The sum of my knowledge is , that I must shortly die ; but that which I am most ignorant of is this very death , which I feel myself unable to decline . " As I know not whence I came , so I know not whither I go ; only ...
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... never complete but when it joins one of these effects to the other ; for there is the like necessity that the people should understand the spirit , which is veiled under the letter , and that the learned should submit their spirit to ...
... never complete but when it joins one of these effects to the other ; for there is the like necessity that the people should understand the spirit , which is veiled under the letter , and that the learned should submit their spirit to ...
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... never left them without assurances , as well of his power , as of his incli- nation to save them ; for immediately after the first creation , Adam was the witness and depositary of the promise concerning a Saviour to be born of the seed ...
... never left them without assurances , as well of his power , as of his incli- nation to save them ; for immediately after the first creation , Adam was the witness and depositary of the promise concerning a Saviour to be born of the seed ...
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... never suffered this violence , though it has never stooped to this compliance , yet here must be such accommodations and submissions , or there must be a miraculous support . It is no wonder that empires and governments should procure ...
... never suffered this violence , though it has never stooped to this compliance , yet here must be such accommodations and submissions , or there must be a miraculous support . It is no wonder that empires and governments should procure ...
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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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