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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... material world , by fixed and invariable laws , which none but himself can counteract or suspend ; the other views them as continually liable to be controlled by capri- cious and malignant beings , to gratify the most trivial and ...
... material world , by fixed and invariable laws , which none but himself can counteract or suspend ; the other views them as continually liable to be controlled by capri- cious and malignant beings , to gratify the most trivial and ...
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... against the admission of superstitious opinions . In order to produce the desired effect , the mind must be directed to the study of material nature , ―to contemplate the va- rious 36 ON THE GENERAL DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE .
... against the admission of superstitious opinions . In order to produce the desired effect , the mind must be directed to the study of material nature , ―to contemplate the va- rious 36 ON THE GENERAL DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE .
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... material nature , ―to contemplate the va- rious appearances it presents , and to mark the uni- form results of those invariable laws by which the universe is governed . In particular , the attention should be directed to those ...
... material nature , ―to contemplate the va- rious appearances it presents , and to mark the uni- form results of those invariable laws by which the universe is governed . In particular , the attention should be directed to those ...
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... materials keep together ; and hence it has stood in this state for three hundred years . But were an additional erection , of any con- siderable elevation , to be placed upon its top , it would undoubtedly soon tumble into ruins . To a ...
... materials keep together ; and hence it has stood in this state for three hundred years . But were an additional erection , of any con- siderable elevation , to be placed upon its top , it would undoubtedly soon tumble into ruins . To a ...
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... materials for the production and de- tention of pestilential effluvia , and their ignoranee of the importance of pure atmospherical air to ani- mal life , and the consequent necessity of daily ven- tilating their apartments . It is also ...
... materials for the production and de- tention of pestilential effluvia , and their ignoranee of the importance of pure atmospherical air to ani- mal life , and the consequent necessity of daily ven- tilating their apartments . It is also ...
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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.