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In religion , the strong power of associations , in opposition to the convictions of
the understanding , is peculiarly worthy of notice , especiaily in the case of
changes from a superstitious to a more rational and liberal creed . The force of a
man ' s ...
In religion , the strong power of associations , in opposition to the convictions of
the understanding , is peculiarly worthy of notice , especiaily in the case of
changes from a superstitious to a more rational and liberal creed . The force of a
man ' s ...
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The Human Understanding . — The peculiar manner in which we furm ideas , is
that which constitutes the genius and character of the mind . To form our ideas of
things on their actual relations , only betokens a solid understanding : whereas to
...
The Human Understanding . — The peculiar manner in which we furm ideas , is
that which constitutes the genius and character of the mind . To form our ideas of
things on their actual relations , only betokens a solid understanding : whereas to
...
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The best way to remember a thing is thoroughly to understand it , and often to
recal it to mind . By reading continually with great attention , and never passing a
passage without understanding and considering it well , the memory will be
stored ...
The best way to remember a thing is thoroughly to understand it , and often to
recal it to mind . By reading continually with great attention , and never passing a
passage without understanding and considering it well , the memory will be
stored ...
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A promise is a child of the understanding and the will : the understanding begets
it , the will brings it forth . He that performs , delivers the mother : he that breaks it ,
murders the child . If he be begotten in the absence of the understanding , it is a ...
A promise is a child of the understanding and the will : the understanding begets
it , the will brings it forth . He that performs , delivers the mother : he that breaks it ,
murders the child . If he be begotten in the absence of the understanding , it is a ...
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True faith is assured and confirmed by the understanding ; and the best of all
religions is undoubtedly the clearest . Would we seek the truth , therefore , in
sincerity , we must lay no stress on the place and circumstances of our birth , nor
on the ...
True faith is assured and confirmed by the understanding ; and the best of all
religions is undoubtedly the clearest . Would we seek the truth , therefore , in
sincerity , we must lay no stress on the place and circumstances of our birth , nor
on the ...
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Seite 33 - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That He who made it and revealed its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.
Seite 244 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
Seite 105 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Seite 182 - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
Seite 287 - Truth is always consistent with itself, and needs nothing to help it out ; it is always near at hand, and sits upon our lips and is ready to drop out before we are aware; whereas a lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Seite 196 - He was in logic a great critic, Profoundly skilled in analytic; He could distinguish, and divide A hair 'twixt south and south-west side; On either which he would dispute, Confute, change hands, and still confute.
Seite 242 - A little neglect may breed great mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost ; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horseshoe nail.
Seite 232 - Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together.
Seite 143 - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.
Seite 226 - True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise : it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.