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... reason or philosophy could acquire by the pa- tience and toil of centuries . The Bible expands the mind , exalts the faculties , developes the pow- ers of the will and of feeling , furnishes a more just estimate of the true dignity of ...
... reason or philosophy could acquire by the pa- tience and toil of centuries . The Bible expands the mind , exalts the faculties , developes the pow- ers of the will and of feeling , furnishes a more just estimate of the true dignity of ...
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... reason to believe that the earliest specimens of a written language came from the Hebrews ? Is there not presumptive evidence of this , in the mere fact that the first oral language was the He- brew ? If the Hebrew language was the lan ...
... reason to believe that the earliest specimens of a written language came from the Hebrews ? Is there not presumptive evidence of this , in the mere fact that the first oral language was the He- brew ? If the Hebrew language was the lan ...
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... reasons for this opinion . And Mr. Poole gives the same translation , affirming , with Rosenmuller , that the secondary meaning of the word is scribes . It appears therefore in a high degree probable that the art of writing was imparted ...
... reasons for this opinion . And Mr. Poole gives the same translation , affirming , with Rosenmuller , that the secondary meaning of the word is scribes . It appears therefore in a high degree probable that the art of writing was imparted ...
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... reason why they have done so , obviously is , that profane history furnishes no such themes . Nor do I know any thing to equal the didactic and argumentative parts of the Scriptures , espe- cially as they are presented in some of the ...
... reason why they have done so , obviously is , that profane history furnishes no such themes . Nor do I know any thing to equal the didactic and argumentative parts of the Scriptures , espe- cially as they are presented in some of the ...
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... reason and benevolence . Of the authority to command and the obligation to obedience , the foundation , or principle , is the happiness of those to whom the rule is directed . " Salus populi suprema lex . " None will doubt that the ...
... reason and benevolence . Of the authority to command and the obligation to obedience , the foundation , or principle , is the happiness of those to whom the rule is directed . " Salus populi suprema lex . " None will doubt that the ...
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