Bacon's Essays: with annotations by Richard Whately. Sixth edition, revised and enlargedLongman & Company, 1864 - 620 pages |
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... man , indicate with sufficient clear- ness the falsehood of our theology . It is the office of a true teacher to show ... Man's life is a miracle , and all that man doth . . . . A true conversion , a true Christ , is now , as always , to ...
... man , indicate with sufficient clear- ness the falsehood of our theology . It is the office of a true teacher to show ... Man's life is a miracle , and all that man doth . . . . A true conversion , a true Christ , is now , as always , to ...
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... man's mind move in charity , rest in providence , and turn upon the poles of truth . To pass from theological and philosophical truth to the truth of civil business , it will be acknowledged , even by those that practise it not , that ...
... man's mind move in charity , rest in providence , and turn upon the poles of truth . To pass from theological and philosophical truth to the truth of civil business , it will be acknowledged , even by those that practise it not , that ...
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... man with shame , as to be found false and perfidious . ' This holds good when falsehood is practised solely for a man's private advantage ; but , in a zealous and able partisan , falsehood in the cause of the party will often be ...
... man with shame , as to be found false and perfidious . ' This holds good when falsehood is practised solely for a man's private advantage ; but , in a zealous and able partisan , falsehood in the cause of the party will often be ...
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... man can justly pretend to infallible certainty as to what opinions are erroneous . But ( 1 ) no argument drawn from man's fallibility can at all avail to repress persecution , except with those who acknowledge fallibility . And it is ...
... man can justly pretend to infallible certainty as to what opinions are erroneous . But ( 1 ) no argument drawn from man's fallibility can at all avail to repress persecution , except with those who acknowledge fallibility . And it is ...
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Francis Bacon. self - contradictory . When we speak of a man's being at ' liberty ' to act in a certain way , we ... man imprisoned , that he is at liberty to remain in jail , though not at liberty to leave it . And any one would say that ...
Francis Bacon. self - contradictory . When we speak of a man's being at ' liberty ' to act in a certain way , we ... man imprisoned , that he is at liberty to remain in jail , though not at liberty to leave it . And any one would say that ...
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