Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... ourselves the parties , and all our hopes , and our all is at stake . The immortality of the soul is a thing which so deeply concerns , so infinitely imports us , that we must have utterly lost our feeling , to be altogether cold and ...
... ourselves the parties , and all our hopes , and our all is at stake . The immortality of the soul is a thing which so deeply concerns , so infinitely imports us , that we must have utterly lost our feeling , to be altogether cold and ...
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... ourselves , the interest of mankind , and the most simple and artless reason , do naturally inspire us with these sentiments : and that to see thus far , is not to exceed the sphere of unrefined , uneducated men . It requires no great ...
... ourselves , the interest of mankind , and the most simple and artless reason , do naturally inspire us with these sentiments : and that to see thus far , is not to exceed the sphere of unrefined , uneducated men . It requires no great ...
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... ourselves honest , faithful , prudent , and capable of advancing the interest of our friends ; because men naturally love nothing but that which some way contributes to their use and bene- fit . But now what benefit can we any way ...
... ourselves honest , faithful , prudent , and capable of advancing the interest of our friends ; because men naturally love nothing but that which some way contributes to their use and bene- fit . But now what benefit can we any way ...
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... ourselves , on the other side , fall into the depths of their present blindness and misery ; we ought to do for them what we desire should be done to us in their case , to intreat them that they would take pity on themselves , and would ...
... ourselves , on the other side , fall into the depths of their present blindness and misery ; we ought to do for them what we desire should be done to us in their case , to intreat them that they would take pity on themselves , and would ...
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... ourselves under an inability as well of adoring him whom we know not , as of loving anything but our- selves ; the same religion which enjoins us these duties , ought also to acquaint us with this inability , and to in- struct us in its ...
... ourselves under an inability as well of adoring him whom we know not , as of loving anything but our- selves ; the same religion which enjoins us these duties , ought also to acquaint us with this inability , and to in- struct us in its ...
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