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... [ Religion ] is a mountain air ; it is the embalmer of the world . It is myrrh , and storax , and chlorine , and rose- mary . It makes the sky and the hills sublime ; and the silent song of the stars is it . Always the seer is a sayer ...
... [ Religion ] is a mountain air ; it is the embalmer of the world . It is myrrh , and storax , and chlorine , and rose- mary . It makes the sky and the hills sublime ; and the silent song of the stars is it . Always the seer is a sayer ...
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... religion ) ' on the true faith of a Christian , ' though he is further removed from what is commonly meant by Christianity , ' than a Jew or a Mussulman . And it should be remembered that this case is far different from that ( with ...
... religion ) ' on the true faith of a Christian , ' though he is further removed from what is commonly meant by Christianity , ' than a Jew or a Mussulman . And it should be remembered that this case is far different from that ( with ...
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... RELIGION IV . OF REVENGE • PAGE 1 14 20 53 V. OF ADVERSITY • 61 VI . OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION 72 VII . OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN 82 VIII . OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE 86 IX . OF ENVY 91 X. OF LOVE XI . OF GREAT PLACE XII . OF ...
... RELIGION IV . OF REVENGE • PAGE 1 14 20 53 V. OF ADVERSITY • 61 VI . OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION 72 VII . OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN 82 VIII . OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE 86 IX . OF ENVY 91 X. OF LOVE XI . OF GREAT PLACE XII . OF ...
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... religion satisfactory , but will weigh the evidence the more care- fully , on account of the importance of the question . But indifference of the will and indifference of the judgment are two very distinct things that are often ...
... religion satisfactory , but will weigh the evidence the more care- fully , on account of the importance of the question . But indifference of the will and indifference of the judgment are two very distinct things that are often ...
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... religious . ' It is when considered as the passage to another world that the contemplation of death becomes holy and religious ; -that is , calculated to promote a state of preparedness for our setting out on this great voyage , ―our ...
... religious . ' It is when considered as the passage to another world that the contemplation of death becomes holy and religious ; -that is , calculated to promote a state of preparedness for our setting out on this great voyage , ―our ...
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Common terms and phrases
advantage Æneid ancient ANNOTATIONS ANTITHETA Aristotle atheists Augustus Cæsar Bacon believe better Bishop Butler Cæsar called cause character christian Church common commonly contrary counsel course cunning danger desire divine doctrine doth doubt Edinburgh Review effect envy Epicurus error ESSAY evil favour fear feel Galba give hath helotism Henry VII honour human important infallible instance judgment Julius Cæsar keep kind king labour less maketh man's matter means men's ment merely mind moral nature never object observed opinion opposite party perceive perhaps persons political Pompey practice princes principle profess racter reason regard religion religious remarkable Roman Roman Catholic saith Scripture seditions sense side sometimes speak superstition supposed sure Tacitus things thou thought tion true truth unto usury Vespasian virtue wealth wisdom wise word