A Discourse on the Studies of the UniversityJ. Smith, 1834 - 157 páginas |
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... tion of his opinions . On this account , his remarks on the classical , metaphysical , and moral studies of the University ( extending from p . 33 to p . 91 ) were cast over again , and expanded to at least three times their original ...
... tion of his opinions . On this account , his remarks on the classical , metaphysical , and moral studies of the University ( extending from p . 33 to p . 91 ) were cast over again , and expanded to at least three times their original ...
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... tion , thoughts seemingly extinct within us will start into new life , and trains of association will arise , lifting our thoughts above the selfishness and sen- suality of the world , and fixing them on our noblest destinies . And let ...
... tion , thoughts seemingly extinct within us will start into new life , and trains of association will arise , lifting our thoughts above the selfishness and sen- suality of the world , and fixing them on our noblest destinies . And let ...
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... tion in a strange , and to many minds , a repulsive language , which rejecting both the senses and the imagination , speaks only to the understanding . But when this language is once learnt , it becomes a mighty instrument of thought ...
... tion in a strange , and to many minds , a repulsive language , which rejecting both the senses and the imagination , speaks only to the understanding . But when this language is once learnt , it becomes a mighty instrument of thought ...
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... tion , we link together all nature , animate and inanimate , and prove it to be one harmonious whole , produced by one dominant intelligence . The organs of sense and the materials around them are related to each other in the way of ...
... tion , we link together all nature , animate and inanimate , and prove it to be one harmonious whole , produced by one dominant intelligence . The organs of sense and the materials around them are related to each other in the way of ...
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... tion - whether the imagination and the taste might not be more wisely cultivated than by a long sacrifice to what , after all , ends but in verbal imitations In short , whether such acquisitions , however beauti- ful in themselves , are ...
... tion - whether the imagination and the taste might not be more wisely cultivated than by a long sacrifice to what , after all , ends but in verbal imitations In short , whether such acquisitions , however beauti- ful in themselves , are ...
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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?