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... Truth , Dialogue between . 48 Pilot , a King's 207 Pirate , the , Sketches from Memory 44 Pythagoras , Symbols from 298 Reflections on Sabbath Evening , a Captain's 49 Religion and the Fine Arts 97 Report , Seventh Annual , Abstract of ...
... Truth , Dialogue between . 48 Pilot , a King's 207 Pirate , the , Sketches from Memory 44 Pythagoras , Symbols from 298 Reflections on Sabbath Evening , a Captain's 49 Religion and the Fine Arts 97 Report , Seventh Annual , Abstract of ...
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... truth ? How short ! -how fleeting ! -how uncertain ! " Thou turnest man to destruction , and sayest , -Return ! ye children of men . Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep ; -in the morning they are like grass ...
... truth ? How short ! -how fleeting ! -how uncertain ! " Thou turnest man to destruction , and sayest , -Return ! ye children of men . Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep ; -in the morning they are like grass ...
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... truth and right . Much of it has arisen , indeed , from the limited range of the human understanding , from the imperfections of language , and from the prejudices of educa- tion ; but probably the far greater part has been produced by ...
... truth and right . Much of it has arisen , indeed , from the limited range of the human understanding , from the imperfections of language , and from the prejudices of educa- tion ; but probably the far greater part has been produced by ...
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... truths of religion , so decisively taught in the Bible , have exerted over the human mind . In this representation ... truth would not be sufficient to effect a moral change . To contention on the subject of religion , in that form and ...
... truths of religion , so decisively taught in the Bible , have exerted over the human mind . In this representation ... truth would not be sufficient to effect a moral change . To contention on the subject of religion , in that form and ...
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... truth may be a greater calamity than that of contention re- specting it . In that case contention might be tolerated , notwithstand- ing its general bad effects , because amidst the certainty of evils it is always wise to choose the ...
... truth may be a greater calamity than that of contention re- specting it . In that case contention might be tolerated , notwithstand- ing its general bad effects , because amidst the certainty of evils it is always wise to choose the ...
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Page 258 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: he took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
Page 308 - Why had they come to wither there. Away from their childhood's land ? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar...
Page 363 - ... to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 2 - For a thousand years in Thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep : In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
Page 385 - Pilgrim's sleep Still brood upon the tide; And his rocks yet keep their watch by the deep To stay its waves of pride. But the snow-white sail that he gave to the gale, When the heavens looked dark, is gone, — As an angel's wing through an opening cloud Is seen, and then withdrawn. The pilgrim exile, — sainted name! The hill whose icy brow Rejoiced, when he came, in the morning's flame, In the morning's flame burns now. And the moon's cold light, as it lay that night On the hillside and the sea,...
Page 261 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
Page 67 - Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash Of billows; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony.
Page 110 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 384 - THE Pilgrim Fathers, where are they! The waves that brought them o'er Still roll in the bay, and throw their spray, As they break along the shore — Still roll in the bay as they rolled that day When the Mayflower moored below, When the sea around was black with storms, And white the shore with snow.
Page 307 - If their names were not found in the registers of heralds, they felt assured that they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials, legions of ministering angels had charge over them.