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... question was brought to a practical issue : he obsti- nately refused for two hours to comply with a demand from his mother to beg her pardon for an offence . She was inflexible ; and at length , he modestly turned round , submis- sively ...
... question was brought to a practical issue : he obsti- nately refused for two hours to comply with a demand from his mother to beg her pardon for an offence . She was inflexible ; and at length , he modestly turned round , submis- sively ...
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... question is now , not , ' What thinkest thou ? ' In the days of Pagan antiquity , no other question could be 6 put , and the wretched delusions and idolatries of that 24.
... question is now , not , ' What thinkest thou ? ' In the days of Pagan antiquity , no other question could be 6 put , and the wretched delusions and idolatries of that 24.
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... question in which we are concerned is , What is written in the law ? How readest thou ? What saith the scripture ? ' * " When more advanced in life - and after he had thought profoundly on this , as on most other subjects submitted to ...
... question in which we are concerned is , What is written in the law ? How readest thou ? What saith the scripture ? ' * " When more advanced in life - and after he had thought profoundly on this , as on most other subjects submitted to ...
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... miracles in the case ; or resolve the whole of my perceptions on the subject into sheer ignorance ; than , for a moment , question what my Saviour had declared to be fact . " . He did , I grant , select an extreme case 26.
... miracles in the case ; or resolve the whole of my perceptions on the subject into sheer ignorance ; than , for a moment , question what my Saviour had declared to be fact . " . He did , I grant , select an extreme case 26.
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... question I have asked myself is , should I have chosen the sacred office , if my father had never expressed a wish on the subject ? While my heart answers in the ne- gative , I feel that even his wishes must not have any influence here ...
... question I have asked myself is , should I have chosen the sacred office , if my father had never expressed a wish on the subject ? While my heart answers in the ne- gative , I feel that even his wishes must not have any influence here ...
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