Thoughts on Religion & Other Subjects [with Pious Reflections for Every Day in the Month & Prayers by Fénelon.].1846 - 283 pages |
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... whole heart , what advantage is it to men , who profess themselves negligent in the search of truth , to complain so frequently , that nothing reveals and displays it to B them ? For this very obscurity , under which they Against ...
... whole heart , what advantage is it to men , who profess themselves negligent in the search of truth , to complain so frequently , that nothing reveals and displays it to B them ? For this very obscurity , under which they Against ...
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... 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 all their force to obtain instruction , and those who live without giving ...
... 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 all their force to obtain instruction , and those who live without giving ...
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... whole eternity which was before me , or of all that which is to come after me . I see nothing but infinities on all sides , which devour and swallow me up like an atom , or like a shadow , which endures but a single instant , and is ...
... whole eternity which was before me , or of all that which is to come after me . I see nothing but infinities on all sides , which devour and swallow me up like an atom , or like a shadow , which endures but a single instant , and is ...
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... whole earth ; yet these holy patri- archs lived in faith , and the latter of them , as he blessed his children before his approaching death , refrained not from crying out with a pious transport , which interrupt- ed his discourse , " I ...
... whole earth ; yet these holy patri- archs lived in faith , and the latter of them , as he blessed his children before his approaching death , refrained not from crying out with a pious transport , which interrupt- ed his discourse , " I ...
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... whole current of things should bear a regard to the establishment and the gran- deur of religion ; that there should be implanted in men sentiments agreeable to its precepts , and in a word , that it should so visibly be the great ...
... whole current of things should bear a regard to the establishment and the gran- deur of religion ; that there should be implanted in men sentiments agreeable to its precepts , and in a word , that it should so visibly be the great ...
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