The Borzoi College ReaderCharles Muscatine, Marlene Griffith |
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... stand closer to Christ than to Moses or St. Paul . I am simply saying that faith in the immortality of the soul allowed Catholicism to see the problem of capital punishment in very different terms and to justify it . pun- But what is ...
... stand closer to Christ than to Moses or St. Paul . I am simply saying that faith in the immortality of the soul allowed Catholicism to see the problem of capital punishment in very different terms and to justify it . pun- But what is ...
Page 163
... standing army , and they are many and weighty , and deserve to prevail , may also at last be brought against a standing government . The standing army is only an arm of the standing government . The government itself , which is only the ...
... standing army , and they are many and weighty , and deserve to prevail , may also at last be brought against a standing government . The standing army is only an arm of the standing government . The government itself , which is only the ...
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... stand , and wisely stand , by the Bible and the Constitu- tion , and drink at it there with reverence and humility ; but they who behold where it comes trickling into this lake or that pool , gird up their loins once more , and continue ...
... stand , and wisely stand , by the Bible and the Constitu- tion , and drink at it there with reverence and humility ; but they who behold where it comes trickling into this lake or that pool , gird up their loins once more , and continue ...
Contents
THE NECESSITY FOR THINKING | 3 |
John Henry Newman | 43 |
THE RIGHT USE OF LANGUAGE | 57 |
Copyright | |
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