The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th]1850 |
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... moral philosophy . In England , it has long been called the philosophy of mind , the term chosen by our author . The only objection that we know of to this otherwise strictly appro- priate designation is , that , according to the letter ...
... moral philosophy . In England , it has long been called the philosophy of mind , the term chosen by our author . The only objection that we know of to this otherwise strictly appro- priate designation is , that , according to the letter ...
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... moral , voluntary being , quite apart from all specu- lations as to the nature or essence of his mind . There is a science of phenomena and functions , independently of their proximate causes , so far as objective ; and it is to this ...
... moral , voluntary being , quite apart from all specu- lations as to the nature or essence of his mind . There is a science of phenomena and functions , independently of their proximate causes , so far as objective ; and it is to this ...
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... moral and religious character , which is merely hereditary , and remains undisturbed , not in consequence of conviction sub- sequent to examination , but simply from ignorant and indolent , or perhaps compulsory acquiescence ? That ...
... moral and religious character , which is merely hereditary , and remains undisturbed , not in consequence of conviction sub- sequent to examination , but simply from ignorant and indolent , or perhaps compulsory acquiescence ? That ...
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... moral , and political - which comes from a safe source . We are , therefore , glad to have it in our power to present such a statement from a pen so well known and so impartial as that of Fredrika Bremer . She sets out by remarking on ...
... moral , and political - which comes from a safe source . We are , therefore , glad to have it in our power to present such a statement from a pen so well known and so impartial as that of Fredrika Bremer . She sets out by remarking on ...
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... moral and educational struggles which have characterised academical education in that country .. We quote for our readers a very short specimen of the kind of eloquence which brought together such large Parisian audiences . An ...
... moral and educational struggles which have characterised academical education in that country .. We quote for our readers a very short specimen of the kind of eloquence which brought together such large Parisian audiences . An ...
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Page 433 - Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Page 387 - Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions ; for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.
Page 256 - Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
Page 323 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go.
Page 734 - The body and blood of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper.
Page 261 - I have said, Ye are gods ; and all of you are children of the most high. 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
Page 308 - It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death ; and therefore death is no such terrible enemy when a man hath so many attendants about him that can win the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death ; love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it...
Page 212 - ... counsels, and prayers, have been earnest for the common good of religion and their country, shall receive above the inferior orders of the blessed, the regal addition of principalities, legions, and thrones into their glorious titles, and in supereminence of beatific vision, progressing the dateless and irrevoluble circle of eternity, shall clasp inseparable hands with joy and bliss, in overmeasure for ever.
Page 579 - But thrown in a heap with a crash and a clatter; Now it is not one thing nor another alone Makes a poem, but rather the general tone, The something pervading, uniting the whole, The before unconceived, unconceivable soul, So that just in removing this trifle or that, you Take away, as it were, a chief limb of the statue; Roots, wood, bark, and leaves singly perfect may be, But, clapt hodge-podge together, they don't make a tree.
Page 82 - ... for wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...