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... people , such as was never be- fore known . And the ends are even more noble than the means- they are FREEDOM , KNOWLEDGE , and RELIGION . with its multifarious and benevolent bearings , they are palpable 14 INTRODUCTION .
... people , such as was never be- fore known . And the ends are even more noble than the means- they are FREEDOM , KNOWLEDGE , and RELIGION . with its multifarious and benevolent bearings , they are palpable 14 INTRODUCTION .
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... mean term of life , is , according to the same author , 8 years in a new born child . As the child grows older , his existence becomes more secure ; and after the first year he may rea- sonably be expected to live to the age of 33. Life ...
... mean term of life , is , according to the same author , 8 years in a new born child . As the child grows older , his existence becomes more secure ; and after the first year he may rea- sonably be expected to live to the age of 33. Life ...
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... means of thorough ventilation had been adopted , the mortality of infants within the same time , in five succeeding years was reduced to nearly one in twenty ; thus showing , that as they approached to perfect obedience of organic laws ...
... means of thorough ventilation had been adopted , the mortality of infants within the same time , in five succeeding years was reduced to nearly one in twenty ; thus showing , that as they approached to perfect obedience of organic laws ...
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... means . Disobedience is punished with derangement and sluggishness of the functions , with general uneasiness or posi- 70 to 84 years old , averaging full 80 years each ; and of these one fourth were from 78 to 98 , and 10 produce an ...
... means . Disobedience is punished with derangement and sluggishness of the functions , with general uneasiness or posi- 70 to 84 years old , averaging full 80 years each ; and of these one fourth were from 78 to 98 , and 10 produce an ...
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... means by which the body is disor- ganized , are , the exhalations from the lungs , of the several secretions required for the assimila- tion of our food , as the gastric juice , bile , etc. The natural law , therefore , appears to be ...
... means by which the body is disor- ganized , are , the exhalations from the lungs , of the several secretions required for the assimila- tion of our food , as the gastric juice , bile , etc. The natural law , therefore , appears to be ...
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Page 241 - Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
Page 25 - And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Page 68 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate Is privileged beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of Heaven.
Page 23 - My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh : yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Page 221 - Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
Page 18 - Want of care does us more damage than want of knowledge ; and again, Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open. Trusting too much to others...
Page 108 - O madness, to think use of strongest wines, And strongest drinks, our chief support of health, When God with these forbidden made choice to rear His mighty champion, strong above compare, Whose drink was only from the liquid brook ! Sams.
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Page 67 - What then is the mark? Who is a Methodist, according to your own account?' I answer: A Methodist is one who has 'the love of God shed abroad in his heart by the Holy Ghost given unto him...