A Discourse on the Studies of the UniversityJ. Smith, 1834 - 157 páginas |
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... to partake in the great work of translating the records of our faith into our native tongue , and to put - forth their whole intellectual strength in diffusing the light A 2 3 And let me here observe, that the fact of ...
... to partake in the great work of translating the records of our faith into our native tongue , and to put - forth their whole intellectual strength in diffusing the light A 2 3 And let me here observe, that the fact of ...
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Adam Sedgwick. - forth their whole intellectual strength in diffusing the light of Christian truth among the people . In their lists we read the name of Bacon , who , gifted almost with prophetic spirit , was ... strength in diffusing ...
Adam Sedgwick. - forth their whole intellectual strength in diffusing the light of Christian truth among the people . In their lists we read the name of Bacon , who , gifted almost with prophetic spirit , was ... strength in diffusing ...
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... strength . When the lessons and the examples of virtue fail , the nation's strength fails with them ; the voice of eloquence , and the maxims of wisdom are no longer heard within its walls , and its proudest monuments soon moulder into ...
... strength . When the lessons and the examples of virtue fail , the nation's strength fails with them ; the voice of eloquence , and the maxims of wisdom are no longer heard within its walls , and its proudest monuments soon moulder into ...
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Adam Sedgwick. which a nation's glory is continued , and its strength upheld . What I have said of nations , is true also of families or households like our own . If we have received a goodly inheritance we ought to transmit it ...
Adam Sedgwick. which a nation's glory is continued , and its strength upheld . What I have said of nations , is true also of families or households like our own . If we have received a goodly inheritance we ought to transmit it ...
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Adam Sedgwick. depending on a previous determination of the will , gain strength by their very exercise , so as at length to become a part of ourselves and an element of our happiness . It is to the operation of this law that we must ...
Adam Sedgwick. depending on a previous determination of the will , gain strength by their very exercise , so as at length to become a part of ourselves and an element of our happiness . It is to the operation of this law that we must ...
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ADAM SEDGWICK adaptation affections animal argument ascend authority bad passions bound in cloth capacities cause Christian ciples comprehend conclusion condition conscience contrivance deductive reasoning derived discourse duty earth evil faculties false feelings fitted FRENCH POETRY glory habits heart honour human imagination induction inductive philosophy intellectual John Herschel knowledge language laws of nature light Lord Bishop mankind material action material world matter means mechanical philosophy ment mind moral nature moral philosophy moral sense moral system Natural Philosophy natural religion Natural Theology Octavo organic ourselves Paley Paley's perhaps phenomena physical political philosophy Price principles proofs questions reason Rector religious revelation right and wrong Right Rev sacred sanction selfish sentiments shew social soul spirit strength things thought tion TRINITY COLLEGE true truth universal University of Cambridge Venerable EDWARD virtue wisdom word worldly δὲ καὶ
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Página 96 - EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Página 17 - Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea ; Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. If I say, "Surely the darkness shall cover me," even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and...
Página 73 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Página 13 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Página 13 - Or who shut up the sea with doors, When it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb?
Página 129 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Página 102 - By this way of analysis we may proceed from compounds to ingredients ; and from motions to the forces producing them ; and, in general, from effects to their causes ; and from particular causes to more general ones, till the argument end in the most general. This is the method of analysis. And the synthesis consists in assuming the causes discovered, and established as principles, and by them explaining the phenomena proceeding from them, and proving the explanations.
Página 69 - The motive for continuing in the same state or action is only the present satisfaction in it; the motive to change is always some uneasiness; nothing setting us upon the change of state, or upon any new action, but some uneasiness. This is the great motive that works on the mind to put it upon action, which for shortness' sake we will call "determining of the will" ; which I shall more at large explain.
Página 21 - THE FOOL hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good.
Página 14 - Where is the way where light dwelleth ? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, that thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born ? or because the number of thy days is great ? Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow?