The Bible of Nature, and Substance of Virtue: Condensed from the Scriptures of Eminent Cosmians, Pantheists and Physiphilanthropists, of Various Ages and Climes ...G. Vale, 1849 - Ethics |
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... hand findeth to do , do it with thy might ; for there is no work , nor device , nor knowledge , nor wisdom in the grave , whither thou goest . The race is not to the swift , neither yet bread to the wise , derstanding , nor yet favor to ...
... hand findeth to do , do it with thy might ; for there is no work , nor device , nor knowledge , nor wisdom in the grave , whither thou goest . The race is not to the swift , neither yet bread to the wise , derstanding , nor yet favor to ...
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... hand know what thy right doeth ; that thine alms may be in secret ; and thy Father , which seeth in secret , himself shall reward thee openly . And when thou prayest , thou shalt not be as the hypocrites ; for they love to pray standing ...
... hand know what thy right doeth ; that thine alms may be in secret ; and thy Father , which seeth in secret , himself shall reward thee openly . And when thou prayest , thou shalt not be as the hypocrites ; for they love to pray standing ...
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... hand ( fermented as it was ) Moulded to shape the soft , coagulated mass ; And when the little man was fully form'd , The breathless embryo with a spirit warm'd ; 1 But when the mother's throes begin to come , THE PYTHAGOREAN PHILOSOPHY ...
... hand ( fermented as it was ) Moulded to shape the soft , coagulated mass ; And when the little man was fully form'd , The breathless embryo with a spirit warm'd ; 1 But when the mother's throes begin to come , THE PYTHAGOREAN PHILOSOPHY ...
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... hands . Thy teeth , devouring Time , thine , envious Age , On things below still exercise your rage ; With venom'd grinders you corrupt your meat ... hand ; · All things are alter'd , nothing is destroy'd , 14 THE PYTHAGOREAN PHILOSOPHY .
... hands . Thy teeth , devouring Time , thine , envious Age , On things below still exercise your rage ; With venom'd grinders you corrupt your meat ... hand ; · All things are alter'd , nothing is destroy'd , 14 THE PYTHAGOREAN PHILOSOPHY .
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... hand know what thy right doeth ; that thine alms may be in secret ; and thy Father , which seeth in secret , himself shall reward thee openly . And when thou prayest , thou shalt not be as the hypocrites ; for they love to pray standing ...
... hand know what thy right doeth ; that thine alms may be in secret ; and thy Father , which seeth in secret , himself shall reward thee openly . And when thou prayest , thou shalt not be as the hypocrites ; for they love to pray standing ...
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Page 107 - To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils, with infinite Manslaughter, shall be held the highest pitch Of human glory...
Page 126 - NATURE hath made men so equal in the faculties of the body and mind, as that, though there be found one man sometimes manifestly stronger in body or of quicker mind than another, yet when all is reckoned together the difference between man and man is not so considerable as that one man can thereupon claim to himself any benefit to which another may not pretend as well as he.
Page 147 - there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving, by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid.