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Page 99
... happiness , our liberties will remain ; but beyond this , there is nothing to for- bid the fear , that we shall gradually become an en- slaved nation . But I must close , with a single thought more . " If the Son make you free , ye ...
... happiness , our liberties will remain ; but beyond this , there is nothing to for- bid the fear , that we shall gradually become an en- slaved nation . But I must close , with a single thought more . " If the Son make you free , ye ...
Page 132
... happiness of man consist ? are inquiries which never have been satisfactorily answered by the unassisted powers of the human mind . What the practical results of these uncertain speculations were , the annals of all pagan history show ...
... happiness of man consist ? are inquiries which never have been satisfactorily answered by the unassisted powers of the human mind . What the practical results of these uncertain speculations were , the annals of all pagan history show ...
Page 138
... happiness , as the reason why it ought to be performed . Moral virtue has a nature besides its tendency to happiness . Just as truth differs essentially and immutably from falsehood , just as light differs from darkness , and sweet from ...
... happiness , as the reason why it ought to be performed . Moral virtue has a nature besides its tendency to happiness . Just as truth differs essentially and immutably from falsehood , just as light differs from darkness , and sweet from ...
Page 153
... happiness of their social relations declined ; until the state became the legalized organ of oppression and cruelty , the marriage bond the pledge of encouraged licentiousness , the domestic circle the scene of terror , and that love of ...
... happiness of their social relations declined ; until the state became the legalized organ of oppression and cruelty , the marriage bond the pledge of encouraged licentiousness , the domestic circle the scene of terror , and that love of ...
Page 168
... happiness in the society of his children . Home was a word dissevered from all those high and holy associations , inseparable from it in a Christian family . He was known rather as a citizen , than as a father , a son , a friend . He ...
... happiness in the society of his children . Home was a word dissevered from all those high and holy associations , inseparable from it in a Christian family . He was known rather as a citizen , than as a father , a son , a friend . He ...
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