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... spirit of his philosophy but to the manner in which he worked into a connected system the new mode of thinking , and to the incomparable power and eloquence with which he expounded and enforced it . Like all epoch - making works , the ...
... spirit of his philosophy but to the manner in which he worked into a connected system the new mode of thinking , and to the incomparable power and eloquence with which he expounded and enforced it . Like all epoch - making works , the ...
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... spirits , and greater gen- iuses , who thought themselves at liberty to overturn and destroy the ancient doctrine , and make way for themselves and their opinions ; but without any great advantage from the disturbance ; as they did not ...
... spirits , and greater gen- iuses , who thought themselves at liberty to overturn and destroy the ancient doctrine , and make way for themselves and their opinions ; but without any great advantage from the disturbance ; as they did not ...
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... spirits to deliver oracles : whereas our method is continually to dwell among things soberly , without abstracting or setting the under- standing further from them than makes their images meet ; which leaves but little work for genius ...
... spirits to deliver oracles : whereas our method is continually to dwell among things soberly , without abstracting or setting the under- standing further from them than makes their images meet ; which leaves but little work for genius ...
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... spirit of be- nevolence . Our requests are - 1 . That men do not con- ceive we here deliver an opinion , but a work ; and assure themselves we attempt not to found any sect or particular doctrine , but to fix an extensive basis for the ...
... spirit of be- nevolence . Our requests are - 1 . That men do not con- ceive we here deliver an opinion , but a work ; and assure themselves we attempt not to found any sect or particular doctrine , but to fix an extensive basis for the ...
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... spirit , and experienced no rest . If , however , we labor in thy works , thou wilt make us to partake of thy vision and sabbath ; we , therefore , hum- bly beseech thee to strengthen our purpose , that thou mayest be willing to endow ...
... spirit , and experienced no rest . If , however , we labor in thy works , thou wilt make us to partake of thy vision and sabbath ; we , therefore , hum- bly beseech thee to strengthen our purpose , that thou mayest be willing to endow ...
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