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The natural right which he would make the foundation of civil society was the earthly expression of that condition of goodness and enlightenment whose other - worldly expression was the spiritual liberty of the Gospel .
The natural right which he would make the foundation of civil society was the earthly expression of that condition of goodness and enlightenment whose other - worldly expression was the spiritual liberty of the Gospel .
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It comes with the graces of expression , which tend to heighten the outlines of truth rather than to distinguish or conceal them . The expression , in fact , should be as modestly plain as the subject and form permit ; and sprightly wit ...
It comes with the graces of expression , which tend to heighten the outlines of truth rather than to distinguish or conceal them . The expression , in fact , should be as modestly plain as the subject and form permit ; and sprightly wit ...
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It is even arguable that the expression is too direct for the highest poetry . Spenser constructed a complicated system of belief , which he converted into allegory ; Keats , on the other hand , expressed his own experience as directly ...
It is even arguable that the expression is too direct for the highest poetry . Spenser constructed a complicated system of belief , which he converted into allegory ; Keats , on the other hand , expressed his own experience as directly ...
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