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... organs of speech to pronounce them , would also claim particular consideration . There would be no difficulty to reduce it almost to the certainty of a mathematical demonstration , that the plan proposed would be attended with high ...
... organs of speech to pronounce them , would also claim particular consideration . There would be no difficulty to reduce it almost to the certainty of a mathematical demonstration , that the plan proposed would be attended with high ...
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... organs of speech are pliable , and by practice , as we learn our vernacular language . In regard to your system in general , I can only say , that it appears to be judiciously constructed and well adapted for the purpose of making ...
... organs of speech are pliable , and by practice , as we learn our vernacular language . In regard to your system in general , I can only say , that it appears to be judiciously constructed and well adapted for the purpose of making ...
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... organs , and has need of all the vigour of the system to effect this object . If children are made to study before this age , the most noble part of the vital force is withdrawn from perfecting the organization , and is consumed by the ...
... organs , and has need of all the vigour of the system to effect this object . If children are made to study before this age , the most noble part of the vital force is withdrawn from perfecting the organization , and is consumed by the ...
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... organ , — for a lecture room , when the attendance of the whole number of students may be required , amounting , probably , in the course of time , to between one and two thousand , together with many of our fellow citizens , who may ...
... organ , — for a lecture room , when the attendance of the whole number of students may be required , amounting , probably , in the course of time , to between one and two thousand , together with many of our fellow citizens , who may ...
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... organ . The scholars of the whole institution shall be present . It is true , that when the Spanish speeches are delivered the French scholars will not be benefited thereby , yet they may be gratified with the music , and perhaps be ...
... organ . The scholars of the whole institution shall be present . It is true , that when the Spanish speeches are delivered the French scholars will not be benefited thereby , yet they may be gratified with the music , and perhaps be ...
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Page 313 - Abide in Me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine, no more can ye except ye abide in Me. I am the Vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in Me and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit. For without Me ye can do nothing.
Page 319 - God;) being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; to declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
Page 306 - And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Page 314 - In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Page 144 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.
Page 313 - Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law, ROMANS 4 1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Page 152 - For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour ; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 314 - No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us.
Page 310 - But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held ; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
Page 288 - Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you ? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy ; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.