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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... Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity . Whatsoever thy 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 ...
... Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity . Whatsoever thy 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 ...
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... live . " Tis then for nought that mother Earth provides The stores of all she shows , and all she hides , If men with fleshy morsels must be fed , And chew , with bloody teeth , the breathing bread ; What else is this , but to devour ...
... live . " Tis then for nought that mother Earth provides The stores of all she shows , and all she hides , If men with fleshy morsels must be fed , And chew , with bloody teeth , the breathing bread ; What else is this , but to devour ...
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... live . Kill noxious creatures , where ' tis sin to save ; This only just prerogative we have : But nourish life with vegetable food , And shun the sacrilegious taste of blood . " These precepts by the Samian sage were taught , Which ...
... live . Kill noxious creatures , where ' tis sin to save ; This only just prerogative we have : But nourish life with vegetable food , And shun the sacrilegious taste of blood . " These precepts by the Samian sage were taught , Which ...
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... who are near the end of their days , and see the period of their lives approaching , ought to entertain it contentedly , and not be grieved at it . 1 According to his system , the purpose of philosophy is THE PYTHAGOREAN PHILOSOPHY . 17.
... who are near the end of their days , and see the period of their lives approaching , ought to entertain it contentedly , and not be grieved at it . 1 According to his system , the purpose of philosophy is THE PYTHAGOREAN PHILOSOPHY . 17.
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... live in a well regulated state . Let youth be instructed in the best course of life , and habit will render it the most pleasant . Reproof and correction , are only useful when accompanied with evident marks of the affection of the ...
... live in a well regulated state . Let youth be instructed in the best course of life , and habit will render it the most pleasant . Reproof and correction , are only useful when accompanied with evident marks of the affection of the ...
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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.