On the Improvement of Society by the Diffusion of Knowledge: Or, An Illustration of the Advantages which Would Result from a More General Dissemination of Rational and Scientific Information Among All Ranks |
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... existence . The late Frederick , king of Prussia , who was a correct observer of mankind , makes a still lower estimate of the actual intelligence of the human spe- cies . In a letter to D'Alembert , in 1770 , he says , “ Let us take ...
... existence . The late Frederick , king of Prussia , who was a correct observer of mankind , makes a still lower estimate of the actual intelligence of the human spe- cies . In a letter to D'Alembert , in 1770 , he says , “ Let us take ...
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... existence . Were we to inquire into the external causes which have retarded the progress of the human mind , we should , doubtless , find them existing in the nature of those civil governments which have most gene- rally prevailed in ...
... existence . Were we to inquire into the external causes which have retarded the progress of the human mind , we should , doubtless , find them existing in the nature of those civil governments which have most gene- rally prevailed in ...
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... existence , either in heaven or on earth , nor the least founda- tion in the scenes of external nature . He has not only drawn false conclusions from the objects which have a real existence , to increase his fears ; but has created , in ...
... existence , either in heaven or on earth , nor the least founda- tion in the scenes of external nature . He has not only drawn false conclusions from the objects which have a real existence , to increase his fears ; but has created , in ...
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... existence , the super- stitious man , on the contrary , contemplates the sky , the air , the waters , and the earth , as filled with ma- licious beings , ever ready to haunt him with terror , or to plot his destruction . The one ...
... existence , the super- stitious man , on the contrary , contemplates the sky , the air , the waters , and the earth , as filled with ma- licious beings , ever ready to haunt him with terror , or to plot his destruction . The one ...
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... existence of ghosts and in the second sight ; for , with all his vast acquirements in literature , he was ignorant of natural science , and even attempt- ed to ridicule the study of natural philosophy and astronomy , the principal ...
... existence of ghosts and in the second sight ; for , with all his vast acquirements in literature , he was ignorant of natural science , and even attempt- ed to ridicule the study of natural philosophy and astronomy , the principal ...
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Page 336 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
Page 335 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee ; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even!
Page 338 - The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens : and his kingdom ruleth over all.
Page 341 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth-; they that have done good to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation,"
Page 380 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Page 381 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand : When I awake, I am still with thee.
Page 341 - The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Page 414 - Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave them rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling their hearts with food and gladness.
Page 338 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance...
Page 234 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number : he calleth them all by names, by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power, not one faileth.