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Sivu 15
... which follow us into the world; it tells us that our faults will descend upon our
children, and that we are all jointly responsible—a terrible truth, which, if duly
considered, would alone suffice to render the reign of virtue universal in the world
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... which follow us into the world; it tells us that our faults will descend upon our
children, and that we are all jointly responsible—a terrible truth, which, if duly
considered, would alone suffice to render the reign of virtue universal in the world
.
Sivu 25
“Finally, there is another proof of the immortality of the soul, which has not been
sufficiently insisted on, and that is the universal veneration of mankind for the
tomb. There, by an invincible charm, life is attached to death; there the human
race ...
“Finally, there is another proof of the immortality of the soul, which has not been
sufficiently insisted on, and that is the universal veneration of mankind for the
tomb. There, by an invincible charm, life is attached to death; there the human
race ...
Sivu 26
... discovering incessantly new perfections; feeling existence only from the
renewed sentiment of that admiration ; conceive God as the sovereign beauty,
the universal principle of love ; figure all the attachments of earth blending in that
abyss ...
... discovering incessantly new perfections; feeling existence only from the
renewed sentiment of that admiration ; conceive God as the sovereign beauty,
the universal principle of love ; figure all the attachments of earth blending in that
abyss ...
Sivu 33
... of rose and gold, diverging from a common centre, mounted to the zenith: these
columns were effaced, revived, and effaced anew, until the sun rose above the
horizon, and confounded all the lesser shades in one universal blaze of light.
... of rose and gold, diverging from a common centre, mounted to the zenith: these
columns were effaced, revived, and effaced anew, until the sun rose above the
horizon, and confounded all the lesser shades in one universal blaze of light.
Sivu 80
Bossuet, in his Universal History, aimed at a higher object; he professed to give
nothing less than a development of the plan of Providence in the government of
human affairs, during the whole of antiquity, and down to the reign of ...
Bossuet, in his Universal History, aimed at a higher object; he professed to give
nothing less than a development of the plan of Providence in the government of
human affairs, during the whole of antiquity, and down to the reign of ...
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