The Bible of Nature, and Substance of Virtue, Condensed from the Scriptures of Eminent Cosmians ...: Of Various Ages and ClimesC. Van Benthuysen, 1842 - Free thought |
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... religion is to do good . Paine . Action and reaction are equal in the moral as in the na- tural world . Clarkson . Le triomphe de la lumière sera toujours favorable à la grandeur et à l'amélioration de l'espèce humaine . Mme de Stael ...
... religion is to do good . Paine . Action and reaction are equal in the moral as in the na- tural world . Clarkson . Le triomphe de la lumière sera toujours favorable à la grandeur et à l'amélioration de l'espèce humaine . Mme de Stael ...
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... Religion's tyranny did domineer , Which being plac'd in heaven look'd proudly down , And frighted abject spirits with her frown . At length a mighty one of Greece began T'assert the natural liberty of man , By senseless terrors and vain ...
... Religion's tyranny did domineer , Which being plac'd in heaven look'd proudly down , And frighted abject spirits with her frown . At length a mighty one of Greece began T'assert the natural liberty of man , By senseless terrors and vain ...
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... religion , we ought to outshine them beyond all comparison ; and it must be said , are they so good , so just , so charitable ? They are therefore christians . All other appearances are common to all religions : hope , trust , events ...
... religion , we ought to outshine them beyond all comparison ; and it must be said , are they so good , so just , so charitable ? They are therefore christians . All other appearances are common to all religions : hope , trust , events ...
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... religion were not ; but super- stition dismounts all these , and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men ; therefore atheism did never perturb states : for it makes men wary of themselves , as looking no farther , and we see ...
... religion were not ; but super- stition dismounts all these , and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men ; therefore atheism did never perturb states : for it makes men wary of themselves , as looking no farther , and we see ...
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... religion were certainly true , and all the rest false , he reckoned that the native force of truth would break forth at last , and shine bright , if it were managed only by the strength of argument , and with a winning gentleness ...
... religion were certainly true , and all the rest false , he reckoned that the native force of truth would break forth at last , and shine bright , if it were managed only by the strength of argument , and with a winning gentleness ...
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action Agnes Inglis analogy animal Aristotle avarice become body brute called cause civil common constitution creatures dæmon death despotism destroy discover doctrine earth effect Empedocles England Epictetus equal error eternal evil exercise exis faculties fear force France give happiness heart Houyhnhnm human ideas identity ignorance individual integer intel intellectual existence interest judgment justice knowledge labor Lapland laws lence liberty live mankind marriage matter means ment mind misery mode motion Mussulmen nations Nature never object observation operation opinion organization pain passions pathy peace perfect perpetual philosophers physical Plato pleasure Plutarch political possess prejudice present principle probity procure produce Pythagoras racter reason relations religion rience sense sensibility sensitive slavery slaves society soul species superstition sympathy tence things thou thought tion truth tural ture tyrant universal vice violence virtue volition well-being whole wisdom
Popular passages
Page 33 - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is...
Page 5 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them. As the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast, for all is vanity. "All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 92 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Page 266 - Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor 'of our peace at home and safety abroad; a jealous care of the right of election by the people — a mild and safe corrective of abuses which are lopped by the sword of revolution where peaceable remedies are unprovided; absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the majority, the vital principle of republics, from which is no appeal but to force, the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism...
Page 191 - Society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one...
Page 8 - A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way ; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.
Page 34 - What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than Heaven pursue. What blessings Thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away; For God is paid when man receives, T
Page 31 - Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words — health, peace, and competence.
Page 23 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Page 127 - To overcome in battle, and subdue Nations, and bring home spoils, with infinite Manslaughter, shall be held the highest pitch Of human glory...