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... you , that they which are ap- proved may be made manifest among you . " So ... me that our own proceed not after this fashion . And they them- selves boast that they are not of ... the state of my heart , -had I known that MARTIN LUTHER . 21.
... you , that they which are ap- proved may be made manifest among you . " So ... me that our own proceed not after this fashion . And they them- selves boast that they are not of ... the state of my heart , -had I known that MARTIN LUTHER . 21.
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... upon this trip , too , on which my friend had to promise that , on in- troducing me , he would say neither good nor ill of me , but would treat me with general indif ference , and would also allow me to make ... play to the intrinsic worth of ...
... upon this trip , too , on which my friend had to promise that , on in- troducing me , he would say neither good nor ill of me , but would treat me with general indif ference , and would also allow me to make ... play to the intrinsic worth of ...
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... one's self is a pitiful succedaneum of speech . The strongest influence in a man's power is made by his per- sonal presence , youth is the most powerful upon youth , and hence too arise the purest influences . These are they which enliven ...
... one's self is a pitiful succedaneum of speech . The strongest influence in a man's power is made by his per- sonal presence , youth is the most powerful upon youth , and hence too arise the purest influences . These are they which enliven ...
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... upon his in- dividual will . In our family , it was whispered now and then with some complacency , that probably he would ... my uncle had grown into the habit of never contradicting any one in ... know him fancied that he thought as they did ...
... upon his in- dividual will . In our family , it was whispered now and then with some complacency , that probably he would ... my uncle had grown into the habit of never contradicting any one in ... know him fancied that he thought as they did ...
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Frederic Henry Hedge. had the gift myself to make a business of bene- ficence ... seem more lovely in my eyes , than when rummaging my clothes - presses : she ... you . I still remen- ber with what ecstasy , when quite a little crea- ture ...
Frederic Henry Hedge. had the gift myself to make a business of bene- ficence ... seem more lovely in my eyes , than when rummaging my clothes - presses : she ... you . I still remen- ber with what ecstasy , when quite a little crea- ture ...
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Page 93 - Why, look you now, how unworthy a thing you make of me ! You would play upon me ; you would seem to know my stops ; you would pluck out the heart of my mystery ; you would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass : and there is much music, excellent voice, in this little organ ; yet cannot you make it speak. 'Sblood, do you think I am easier to be played on than a pipe...
Page 86 - And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.
Page xxx - Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from us.
Page 86 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever.
Page 239 - The delineation of this character on his course of life through joys and sorrows, the ever-increasing interest of the story, by the combination of the entirely natural...
Page xxviii - And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 228 - Man that is born of woman is of few days and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower and is cut down ; he fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not.
Page xxxi - If it had not been the Lord who was on our side, when men rose up against us: Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul.
Page 267 - Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible to rule external circumstances, and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them. Life lies before us, as a huge quarry lies before the architect ; he deserves not the name of architect, except when out of this fortuitous mass he can combine, with the greatest economy, and fitness, and durability, some form, the pattern of which originated in his spirit. All things without us, nay, I may add, all things on us, are mere elements; but deep...
Page 278 - ... of its own accord. One thing there is, however, which no child brings into the world with him ; and yet it is on this one thing that all depends for making man in every point a man. * It' you can discover it yourself, speak it out.