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Page 28
... allow me to follow you a few steps . In The first fact which shows us how little our present situation is the result of our own arrange- ments , is the innumerable defeats every man's plans encounter . I appeal to any one who has lived ...
... allow me to follow you a few steps . In The first fact which shows us how little our present situation is the result of our own arrange- ments , is the innumerable defeats every man's plans encounter . I appeal to any one who has lived ...
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... allowed to have their first wish , would place themselves immediately in the possession of wealth . A few might be found of moderate designs , but most men would rush at once into opulence , under the vain expectation that they were ...
... allowed to have their first wish , would place themselves immediately in the possession of wealth . A few might be found of moderate designs , but most men would rush at once into opulence , under the vain expectation that they were ...
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... allowed to choose his situation in life , has chosen it for life . He is to be a rich man , a rich man only , and a rich man forever . Infallible disposer of your own lot ! you shall be allowed another trial . Your ruling passion , then ...
... allowed to choose his situation in life , has chosen it for life . He is to be a rich man , a rich man only , and a rich man forever . Infallible disposer of your own lot ! you shall be allowed another trial . Your ruling passion , then ...
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... allowed to choose our future lot , we should all prefer some change from our pre- sent situation . This man would put himself for- ward a step in the ranks of society , and that would grasp at a little more power ; one would seek , as ...
... allowed to choose our future lot , we should all prefer some change from our pre- sent situation . This man would put himself for- ward a step in the ranks of society , and that would grasp at a little more power ; one would seek , as ...
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... allowed to fashion his own reputation , he would be distinguished for an excessive sensi- bility which feels a stain as it would a wound . In- fluenced by the contemplation of imaginary charac- ters , he endeavours to form himself after ...
... allowed to fashion his own reputation , he would be distinguished for an excessive sensi- bility which feels a stain as it would a wound . In- fluenced by the contemplation of imaginary charac- ters , he endeavours to form himself after ...
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Page 22 - Hast thou not known ? hast thou not heard, that the Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary ? there is no searching of His understanding.
Page 271 - Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
Page 174 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not : if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Page 343 - I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...
Page 55 - For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, and with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God...
Page 64 - Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink ? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in ? or naked, and clothed thee ? or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Page 249 - For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Page 94 - Lord, Lord, open unto us ; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are : then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are ; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
Page 342 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Page 183 - There is no moral formula more frequently cited, and with more deserved admiration, than that maxim of doing to others as we would have them do to us : and, as Paley observes, no one probably ever was in practice led astray by it.