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... , page 27 - All the depart- ments of nature act according to definite constitutions and fixed laws , imposed by the Deity , 28 - The term law defined and illustrated , 28- A * Man's pleasure and pain depend , in this world ,
... , page 27 - All the depart- ments of nature act according to definite constitutions and fixed laws , imposed by the Deity , 28 - The term law defined and illustrated , 28- A * Man's pleasure and pain depend , in this world ,
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George Combe. Man's pleasure and pain depend , in this world , upon observance of and obedience to these constitutions and laws ; an opinion supported by Bishop Butler , 30 - The Natural Laws divided into Physical , Organic , and Moral ...
George Combe. Man's pleasure and pain depend , in this world , upon observance of and obedience to these constitutions and laws ; an opinion supported by Bishop Butler , 30 - The Natural Laws divided into Physical , Organic , and Moral ...
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... enjoy- ing a life like theirs : he has pleasure in eating , drinking , sleeping , and exercising his limbs ; and one of the greatest obstacles to improvement is , that many of the race 6 VIEW OF THE CONSTITUTION OF HUMAN NARURE ,
... enjoy- ing a life like theirs : he has pleasure in eating , drinking , sleeping , and exercising his limbs ; and one of the greatest obstacles to improvement is , that many of the race 6 VIEW OF THE CONSTITUTION OF HUMAN NARURE ,
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... pleasures . They lead him directly to the great objects of his existence , - obedience to God , and love towards his fellow men . But this peculiarity attends them , that while his animal faculties act powerfully of themselves , his ...
... pleasures . They lead him directly to the great objects of his existence , - obedience to God , and love towards his fellow men . But this peculiarity attends them , that while his animal faculties act powerfully of themselves , his ...
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... pleasures of his animal nature , he tastes the higher , more refined , and more enduring delights of his moral and intellectual capacities , and he then calls aloud for education as indis- pensable to the full enjoyment of his rational ...
... pleasures of his animal nature , he tastes the higher , more refined , and more enduring delights of his moral and intellectual capacities , and he then calls aloud for education as indis- pensable to the full enjoyment of his rational ...
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Page 365 - Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Page 370 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves : which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another,) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel.
Page 372 - Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, " Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, " Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like...
Page 44 - The Principles of Physiology, applied to the Preservation of Health, and to the Improvement of Physical and Mental Education.
Page 368 - A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good ; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil : for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Page 308 - I know not that we have any one kind or degree of enjoyment, but by the means of our own actions. And by prudence and care we may, for the most part, pass our days in tolerable ease and quiet ; or, on the contrary, we may, by rashness, ungoverned passion, wilfulness, or even by negligence, make ourselves as miserable as ever we please.
Page 90 - ... for the first time, you at once derive some gratification from the sight being new ; your attention is awakened, and you desire to know more about it. If it is a piece of workmanship, as an instrument, a machine of any kind, you wish to know how it is made ; how it works ; and what use it is of.
Page 158 - Never was any man more civil and obliging, and more free from jealousy, dissimulation, and envy, than Melancthon: he was humble, Fig. 4. MELANCTHON. modest, disinterested in the extreme; in a word, he possessed wonderful talents, and most noble dispositions. His greatest enemies have been forced to acknowledge that the annals of antiquity exhibit very few worthies who may be compared with him, whether extent of knowledge in things human and divine, or quickness of comprehension and fertility of genius,...
Page 90 - If you see another instrument or animal, in some respects like it, but differing in other particulars, you find it pleasing to compare them together, and to note in what they agree, and in what they differ. Now, all this kind of gratification is of a pure and disinterested nature, and has no reference to any of the common purposes of life ; yet it is a pleasure — an enjoyment. You are nothing the richer for it ; you...
Page 48 - It has been computed by some political arithmetician, that, if every man and woman would work for four hours each day on something useful, that labor would produce sufficient to procure all the necessaries and comforts of life, want and misery would be banished out of the world, and the rest of the twenty-four hours might be leisure and pleasure.