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... consider them the great source of moral truth ; and that a system of ethics will be true , just in proportion as it develops their meaning . To do this has been my object ; and to have , in ever so humble a manner , accomplished it , I ...
... consider them the great source of moral truth ; and that a system of ethics will be true , just in proportion as it develops their meaning . To do this has been my object ; and to have , in ever so humble a manner , accomplished it , I ...
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... considers us as either virtuous or vicious . From what has been said , it may be seen that there exists , in the actions of men , an element which does not exist in the actions of brutes . Hence , though both are subjects of government ...
... considers us as either virtuous or vicious . From what has been said , it may be seen that there exists , in the actions of men , an element which does not exist in the actions of brutes . Hence , though both are subjects of government ...
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... consider . 1. Is our notion of right and wrong a modification of any other idea ? The only modifications of which an idea is susceptible , are , first , that of greater or less vividness of impression , or , secondly , that of ...
... consider . 1. Is our notion of right and wrong a modification of any other idea ? The only modifications of which an idea is susceptible , are , first , that of greater or less vividness of impression , or , secondly , that of ...
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... consider some of the objections which have been urged against the supposition of the existence of such a faculty . I ... consider right , other nations consider wrong , as infanticide , parricide , duelling , & c . 1. To this it may be ...
... consider some of the objections which have been urged against the supposition of the existence of such a faculty . I ... consider right , other nations consider wrong , as infanticide , parricide , duelling , & c . 1. To this it may be ...
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... distinct forms of moral feeling . These I sup- pose to be the following : I. Suppose we are deliberating , respecting an action , before performing it . 1. If we pause , and candidly consider the nature 5 * THE DECISION OF CONSCIENCE . 53.
... distinct forms of moral feeling . These I sup- pose to be the following : I. Suppose we are deliberating , respecting an action , before performing it . 1. If we pause , and candidly consider the nature 5 * THE DECISION OF CONSCIENCE . 53.
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Page 106 - Verily I say unto you ; There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions, and in the world to come eternal life.
Page 259 - Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
Page 369 - It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes ; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.
Page 146 - He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Page 36 - Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them, for God hath showed it unto them. For the invisible things of him, from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his Eternal Power and God-head, so that they are without excuse...
Page 54 - To plague the inventor ; this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.
Page 104 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory...
Page 181 - Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates...
Page 183 - And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up : and as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
Page 79 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.