A Portraiture of Quakerism: Taken from a View of the Education and Discipline, Social Manners, Civil and Political Economy, Religious Principles and Character, of the Society of Friends, Volume 3Samuel Stansbury, 1806 A standard history of the Quakers, written by a non-Quaker best known as one of Britain's leading anti-slavery advocates. |
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... happiness , p . CHAPTER II . 255 Good , which the Quakers have done as a society upon earth , p . 266 CHAPTER III . · Quakers in England on the decline in point of numbers , as a religious so- ciety - Certain causes of this decline , p ...
... happiness , p . CHAPTER II . 255 Good , which the Quakers have done as a society upon earth , p . 266 CHAPTER III . · Quakers in England on the decline in point of numbers , as a religious so- ciety - Certain causes of this decline , p ...
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... happiness to man , it is their duty to determine , that he intended to give it not in a limited proportion , but in the largest measure . But when they consider the na- ture of wars , that they militate against the law of preservation ...
... happiness to man , it is their duty to determine , that he intended to give it not in a limited proportion , but in the largest measure . But when they consider the na- ture of wars , that they militate against the law of preservation ...
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... happiness of others . We seem to make no proper estimates of the miseries of war . The latter we feel principally in abridgments of a pecuniary nature . But if we were to feel them in the conflagration of our towns and villages , or in ...
... happiness of others . We seem to make no proper estimates of the miseries of war . The latter we feel principally in abridgments of a pecuniary nature . But if we were to feel them in the conflagration of our towns and villages , or in ...
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... happiness , or that they lost by their own fault a considerable portion of the enjoyment of their lives . - In this impatience and anxiety for their future comfort , he would probably ask again , if they had any notion of any generous ...
... happiness , or that they lost by their own fault a considerable portion of the enjoyment of their lives . - In this impatience and anxiety for their future comfort , he would probably ask again , if they had any notion of any generous ...
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... happiness , and the production of so much evil ? It would be replied , Nothing . The commu- nity is generally worse off at the end of these wars , than when it began to contend . But here the supe- rior being would wish to hear no more ...
... happiness , and the production of so much evil ? It would be replied , Nothing . The commu- nity is generally worse off at the end of these wars , than when it began to contend . But here the supe- rior being would wish to hear no more ...
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A Portraiture of Quakerism: Taken from a View of the Education and ..., Volume 3 Thomas Clarkson Affichage du livre entier - 1806 |
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Ackworth school adopted amusements Apostles appearance arise arms become believe benevolence Bishop Butler body called causes century cerned CHAP character Chris Christians church circumstances conceive concerned consequence consider corruptive courage discipline disowned distraints divine doctrine early Quakers evil example farther fashion feelings fight former George Fox give given Gospel happiness Heathen Hence honour human idolatry independence influence innocent Irenæus Jesus Christ Jews John Milton kers knowledge learning ligion live manner matter Maximian means ments military mind ministers money-getting spirit moral nation nature neral never oaths object observed occasion opinion passions persons poor practice produce profession racter reason refused religion religious religious denominations respect rich SECT shew shewn sion society soldiers suffering swear Tatian tendency tenet Tertullian things Thomas Ellwood thou thought tion tithes trait true truth unlawful virtue wars William Penn women words youth