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... happiness . Dr. Watts has but versified the thanksgiving of the heathen philosopher who blessed his gods because they had made him to be born a man not a woman , a freeman not a slave , an Athenian not a barbarian . It has seemed to ...
... happiness . Dr. Watts has but versified the thanksgiving of the heathen philosopher who blessed his gods because they had made him to be born a man not a woman , a freeman not a slave , an Athenian not a barbarian . It has seemed to ...
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... happiness rather in the suppression of desires than in the gratification of them . That philosophy reached its highest point , and bore its ripest fruits , at the time when the civi- lised world was tyrannised over by a grinding and ...
... happiness rather in the suppression of desires than in the gratification of them . That philosophy reached its highest point , and bore its ripest fruits , at the time when the civi- lised world was tyrannised over by a grinding and ...
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... happiness by mani- fold inventions , prompted by the spirit which , instead of being content to bear privations and discomforts , struggles to overcome them . When this philosophy of despair is applied to the subject of knowledge , what ...
... happiness by mani- fold inventions , prompted by the spirit which , instead of being content to bear privations and discomforts , struggles to overcome them . When this philosophy of despair is applied to the subject of knowledge , what ...
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... happiness , at least , as the instability of all things here will allow him ? No doubt it is not without a sigh that the Agnostic resigns himself to do without that in which so many thousands of his fellow - creatures have found their ...
... happiness , at least , as the instability of all things here will allow him ? No doubt it is not without a sigh that the Agnostic resigns himself to do without that in which so many thousands of his fellow - creatures have found their ...
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... happiness , to the fact that , whether by nature or by choice , by the ties of common family , common country , or volun- tary association , different individuals are bound together into one body . And the law of such bodies is not only ...
... happiness , to the fact that , whether by nature or by choice , by the ties of common family , common country , or volun- tary association , different individuals are bound together into one body . And the law of such bodies is not only ...
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according Achish æther allegorical method Apostle Arians Authorised Version baptism believe Bible blessed character Christ Christian Church claim difficulty disciples Divine doctrine doubt duty earthly Epistle evil fact faith Father favour feel gain give given glory Gnosticism God's Gospel grace happiness hath heart heathen Hebrews Holy honour human Irenæus Jehovah Jesus Jewish Jews judge judgment Justin Martyr knowledge live Lord Lord's master means ment method of interpretation mind moral Naaman nature object Old Testament ourselves pain passages Paul penalty Peter philosophy pleasure practical prayer preached preacher present principle promise proof punishment question recognised religion revealed reward righteousness Rimmon Roman Catholic rule Scripture sense shame sinner sins slave slavery soul speak Spirit suffering supposed Synoptic Gospels taught teaching temptation Thee things thought tion translation true truth unto word charity writers