The Constitution of Man Considered in Relation to External Objects: With an Additional Chapter on the Harmony Between Phrenology and RevelationW. D. Ticknor, 1841 - 412 pages |
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... appears to me to be the clearest , most complete , and best supported system of Human Nature , which has hitherto been taught ; and I have assumed it as the basis of this Essay . But the practical value of the views now to be unfolded ...
... appears to me to be the clearest , most complete , and best supported system of Human Nature , which has hitherto been taught ; and I have assumed it as the basis of this Essay . But the practical value of the views now to be unfolded ...
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... appears to be arranged in all its departments on the principle of gradual and progressive improvement . Physical nature itself has undergone many revolutions , and apparently has constantly advanced . Geology seems to show a distinct ...
... appears to be arranged in all its departments on the principle of gradual and progressive improvement . Physical nature itself has undergone many revolutions , and apparently has constantly advanced . Geology seems to show a distinct ...
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... appear to have been created to inhabit it ; and the turtle , crocodile , and various gigantic animals of the Sauri ( lizard ) kind seem to have haunted the bays and waters of the primitive lands . But in this state of things , there appears ...
... appear to have been created to inhabit it ; and the turtle , crocodile , and various gigantic animals of the Sauri ( lizard ) kind seem to have haunted the bays and waters of the primitive lands . But in this state of things , there appears ...
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... appear to pervade its every department . We perceive here the physical world gradu- ally improved and prepared for man ... appears to have been adapted to it . He received from his Creator an organized structure , and animal in- stincts ...
... appear to pervade its every department . We perceive here the physical world gradu- ally improved and prepared for man ... appears to have been adapted to it . He received from his Creator an organized structure , and animal in- stincts ...
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... appears , and the rude winds oft lift her waters to the sky ; but , there the skill of man may launch the strong - knit bark , spread forth the canvass to the gale , and make the trackless deep a highway through the world . In such a ...
... appears , and the rude winds oft lift her waters to the sky ; but , there the skill of man may launch the strong - knit bark , spread forth the canvass to the gale , and make the trackless deep a highway through the world . In such a ...
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Page 331 - For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge; that, if one died for all, then were all dead; and that he died for all, that they which live, should not henceforth live unto themselves; but unto him who died for them and rose again.
Page 339 - He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
Page 335 - Whosoever therefore b shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 333 - Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation ? The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
Page 352 - If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? Or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? If thou be righteous, what givest thou him ? Or what receiveth he of thine hand? Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; And thy righteousness may profit the son of man.
Page 347 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Page 352 - So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants : we have done that which was our duty to do.
Page 258 - 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, willfulness, or even by negligence, make ourselves as miserable as ever we please.
Page 347 - For the good that I would, I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do.
Page 42 - And the conclusion is, that to allow no more to this superior principle or part of our nature, than to other parts ; to let it govern and guide only occasionally in common with the rest, as its turn happens to come, from the temper and circumstances one happens to be in; this is not to act conformably to the constitution of man : neither can any human creature be said to act conformably to his constitution of nature, unless he allows to that superior principle the absolute authority which is due...