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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... ? That sleep'st and dream'st the most of life away : Thy night is full as rational as thy day ; Still vext with cares , who never understood The principles of ill , nor use of good . Our life must once have end , in vain we 20 LUCRETIUS.
... ? That sleep'st and dream'st the most of life away : Thy night is full as rational as thy day ; Still vext with cares , who never understood The principles of ill , nor use of good . Our life must once have end , in vain we 20 LUCRETIUS.
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... , whatever I may think of it , consists only of a body , the vital spirit , and the rational soul or governing principle . This body or material substance is a mass of putrefaction , consisting of a few bones THE BIBLE OF NATURE . 37.
... , whatever I may think of it , consists only of a body , the vital spirit , and the rational soul or governing principle . This body or material substance is a mass of putrefaction , consisting of a few bones THE BIBLE OF NATURE . 37.
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... rational part of his being will be disposed of when separated from the body . These things , then , it may be worth while to attend to ; first , that as the course of Nature has been the same from all eternity , and every thing comes ...
... rational part of his being will be disposed of when separated from the body . These things , then , it may be worth while to attend to ; first , that as the course of Nature has been the same from all eternity , and every thing comes ...
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... rational being is to be governed by the laws of the Universe , the oldest and most venerable of all communities . It is of importance to reflect , not only that our life is con- tinually wearing away , and that every day a still smaller ...
... rational being is to be governed by the laws of the Universe , the oldest and most venerable of all communities . It is of importance to reflect , not only that our life is con- tinually wearing away , and that every day a still smaller ...
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... rational creatures , must be common likewise : and , if so , we must all have the same principle of action and the same law . If this be granted , we are all fellow - citizens of the same commonwealth , and of course the whole Universe ...
... rational creatures , must be common likewise : and , if so , we must all have the same principle of action and the same law . If this be granted , we are all fellow - citizens of the same commonwealth , and of course the whole Universe ...
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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.