On the Improvement of Society by the Diffusion of Knowledge: Or, An Illustration of the Advantages which Would Result from a More General Dissemination of Rational and Scientific Information Among All RanksWaugh and Innes, 1833 - 542 Seiten |
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... inhabitants of Barbary Page 491 492-496 No. III . Absurdities of Astrology ibid . No. IV . Proofs of the belief which is still attached to the doctrines of Astrology 498 • No. V. Illustrations of some of the opinions and practices , in ...
... inhabitants of Barbary Page 491 492-496 No. III . Absurdities of Astrology ibid . No. IV . Proofs of the belief which is still attached to the doctrines of Astrology 498 • No. V. Illustrations of some of the opinions and practices , in ...
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... inhabitants for the purpose of dealing destruction and misery to all around them . Such , however , are the natural consequences of the reign of Ignorance over the human mind . For the active powers of man necessarily follow the ...
... inhabitants for the purpose of dealing destruction and misery to all around them . Such , however , are the natural consequences of the reign of Ignorance over the human mind . For the active powers of man necessarily follow the ...
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... inhabitants , instead of cultivating the peaceful arts and sciences , and walking hand in hand to a blessed immortality , assumed the character of demons , and gave vent to the most fiend - like and ferocious passions , till they ...
... inhabitants , instead of cultivating the peaceful arts and sciences , and walking hand in hand to a blessed immortality , assumed the character of demons , and gave vent to the most fiend - like and ferocious passions , till they ...
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... inhabitants of Europe began to experience a change auspicious of better times and of a more enlightened æra . The diminution of the Papal power and influence , the spirit of civil and religious liberty which then burst forth , the ...
... inhabitants of Europe began to experience a change auspicious of better times and of a more enlightened æra . The diminution of the Papal power and influence , the spirit of civil and religious liberty which then burst forth , the ...
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... inhabitants of the earth . Striking , however , as the contrast is , between the state of knowledge in the present and in former ages , much still remains to be accomplished , till the great body of mankind be stimulated to the ...
... inhabitants of the earth . Striking , however , as the contrast is , between the state of knowledge in the present and in former ages , much still remains to be accomplished , till the great body of mankind be stimulated to the ...
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Seite 336 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
Seite 335 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee ; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even!
Seite 338 - The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens : and his kingdom ruleth over all.
Seite 341 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth-; they that have done good to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation,"
Seite 380 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Seite 381 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand : When I awake, I am still with thee.
Seite 341 - The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Seite 414 - Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave them rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling their hearts with food and gladness.
Seite 338 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance...
Seite 234 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number : he calleth them all by names, by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power, not one faileth.