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... divine ; Dim miniature of greatness absolute ! An heir of glory ! a frail child of dust ! Helpless immortal ! insect infinite ! A worm ! a god ! -I tremble at myself , And in myself am lost- - at home a stranger , PASCAL ON THE SAME ...
... divine ; Dim miniature of greatness absolute ! An heir of glory ! a frail child of dust ! Helpless immortal ! insect infinite ! A worm ! a god ! -I tremble at myself , And in myself am lost- - at home a stranger , PASCAL ON THE SAME ...
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... Divine Being , which is so much talked of by all the world , has been pleased to leave any marks or footsteps of himself . I look round on all sides , and see nothing throughout but universal obscurity . Nature offers no consideration ...
... Divine Being , which is so much talked of by all the world , has been pleased to leave any marks or footsteps of himself . I look round on all sides , and see nothing throughout but universal obscurity . Nature offers no consideration ...
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... divine displeasure , are abandoned to their own sense and ima- gination ; whence arise the endless wanderings and continual altercations amongst them , whether in reli- gion or civil discipline , while their nation alone has 14 ON THE ...
... divine displeasure , are abandoned to their own sense and ima- gination ; whence arise the endless wanderings and continual altercations amongst them , whether in reli- gion or civil discipline , while their nation alone has 14 ON THE ...
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... divine origin and authenticity , cannot be annihilated : hundreds of thousands in various parts of the earth , are known to have well weighed its con- tents , studied and meditated upon it in all its parts , examined into the evidences ...
... divine origin and authenticity , cannot be annihilated : hundreds of thousands in various parts of the earth , are known to have well weighed its con- tents , studied and meditated upon it in all its parts , examined into the evidences ...
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... divine revelation , which would not merit our attention and consideration , if we knew no other , merely on the ground of such claims . Man , in his natural state of darkness and dependence , is bound to notice and inquire into any ...
... divine revelation , which would not merit our attention and consideration , if we knew no other , merely on the ground of such claims . Man , in his natural state of darkness and dependence , is bound to notice and inquire into any ...
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