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... Slavery LECTURE IX . The Influence of the Bible on the Extent and Certainty of Moral Science .. 149 175 ยท 206 LECTURE X. The Pre - eminence of the Bible in producing Holiness and True Religion 225 LECTURE XI . The Pre - eminence of the ...
... Slavery LECTURE IX . The Influence of the Bible on the Extent and Certainty of Moral Science .. 149 175 ยท 206 LECTURE X. The Pre - eminence of the Bible in producing Holiness and True Religion 225 LECTURE XI . The Pre - eminence of the ...
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... slaves , who had employed his time in tending sheep upon the mountains of Arabia . Petrea , and associating with oppressed makers of bricks , could hardly , of his own undirected wisdom , have been so sentimental in his equity . A ...
... slaves , who had employed his time in tending sheep upon the mountains of Arabia . Petrea , and associating with oppressed makers of bricks , could hardly , of his own undirected wisdom , have been so sentimental in his equity . A ...
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... slavery ; a people scarcely beyond the limits of the most loathsome and defiling pagan- ism ; we shall cease to wonder at the minuteness of its details , and shall admire the divine wisdom and condescension in stooping thus to their low ...
... slavery ; a people scarcely beyond the limits of the most loathsome and defiling pagan- ism ; we shall cease to wonder at the minuteness of its details , and shall admire the divine wisdom and condescension in stooping thus to their low ...
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... slavery where the taking of life was probably very common , capricious , and despotic , without severe punishments they were without any . One thing also , is quite remarkable in a code where the ignorance of the people and the ...
... slavery where the taking of life was probably very common , capricious , and despotic , without severe punishments they were without any . One thing also , is quite remarkable in a code where the ignorance of the people and the ...
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... slaves , with- out intelligence and subject to superstitions , preten- sions to witchcraft were likely to be most disastrous to the happiness of the people , and very dangerous to the government : and I would at this day , legislating ...
... slaves , with- out intelligence and subject to superstitions , preten- sions to witchcraft were likely to be most disastrous to the happiness of the people , and very dangerous to the government : and I would at this day , legislating ...
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