The Philanthropist: Or, Selfishness and Benevolence IllustratedWilliam Ball, 1836 - 389 pages |
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... importance of every kind ac- tion . Small as it may be in itself , it is impossible to calculate how much it may , in the end , add to the stock of general felicity ; while he who diffuses happi- ness will be happy . ' " A tender chord ...
... importance of every kind ac- tion . Small as it may be in itself , it is impossible to calculate how much it may , in the end , add to the stock of general felicity ; while he who diffuses happi- ness will be happy . ' " A tender chord ...
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... important religious and moral truths recom- mend themselves to conscience and to reason , by their conformity to the character and happiness of man , and are thus impressed as it were with a Divine seal THE PRISONER . 9.
... important religious and moral truths recom- mend themselves to conscience and to reason , by their conformity to the character and happiness of man , and are thus impressed as it were with a Divine seal THE PRISONER . 9.
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... important , yet difficult doctrines of Holy Writ , which gradually weakened his reverence for the Scrip- ture , and ultimately led him to reject Revelation , be- cause it contained mysteries beyond his understanding ; though he would ...
... important , yet difficult doctrines of Holy Writ , which gradually weakened his reverence for the Scrip- ture , and ultimately led him to reject Revelation , be- cause it contained mysteries beyond his understanding ; though he would ...
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... important packet arrived from the really guilty person , who , touched with remorse , conveyed ample means of in- formation for establishing Henry's innocence of the chief charge . When these documents arrived , the Judges had passed ...
... important packet arrived from the really guilty person , who , touched with remorse , conveyed ample means of in- formation for establishing Henry's innocence of the chief charge . When these documents arrived , the Judges had passed ...
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... important papers , occa- sionally letting fall an observation , which indicated the struggle between humanity and pride , in cancelling a hasty verdict ; but humanity , aided perhaps by regard to public opinion , triumphed ; and when he ...
... important papers , occa- sionally letting fall an observation , which indicated the struggle between humanity and pride , in cancelling a hasty verdict ; but humanity , aided perhaps by regard to public opinion , triumphed ; and when he ...
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Popular passages
Page 81 - Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you " ? This was the doctrine of Lao-tsze.
Page 140 - Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, for they rest from their labours, and their works do follow them.
Page 100 - Inasmuch as ye have not done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have not done it unto me...
Page 305 - Christian golden rule, of doing to others, as we would they should do to us, has been urged as an unanswerable argument against holding slaves.
Page 110 - He expressly lays down the golden rule, of doing to others as we would they should do unto us...
Page 150 - Hearken, my dearest brethren ; hath not. God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him ? 6 But you have .dishonoured the poor man.
Page 123 - It is a regulator both of our animal and moral feelings, and, aided by intellect, it serves to point out the limits which they must not pass. It desires to do to others as we would have them to do to us...
Page iii - Soft peace she brings, wherever she arrives ; She builds our quiet, as she forms our lives ; Lays the rough paths of peevish nature even, And opens in each breast a little heaven.
Page 275 - When it becomes the universal rule, ' Do unto others as ye would others should do unto you' all laws will be benevolent, and all subjects obedient.