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... heavens when he entered the gates of Akkad . Through shady aisles he walked , and up and down broad slopes where the palm plumes toss . The streets were paved with polished stone , and lined on either side with lofty pal- aces . As he ...
... heavens when he entered the gates of Akkad . Through shady aisles he walked , and up and down broad slopes where the palm plumes toss . The streets were paved with polished stone , and lined on either side with lofty pal- aces . As he ...
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... heavens , move according to law , prove an intelligence above all . Do not the heavens proclaim the truth , the truth that God is there ruling above all - a Su- preme Being ? " I know not . No one knows - God is an unproved identity ...
... heavens , move according to law , prove an intelligence above all . Do not the heavens proclaim the truth , the truth that God is there ruling above all - a Su- preme Being ? " I know not . No one knows - God is an unproved identity ...
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... heavens , I think , what a creature is man : And in my profoundest meditations , it seems to me , God exists , a vast , all glorious Being , who , in infinite wisdom controls and guides creation to some majestic end . " This he said as ...
... heavens , I think , what a creature is man : And in my profoundest meditations , it seems to me , God exists , a vast , all glorious Being , who , in infinite wisdom controls and guides creation to some majestic end . " This he said as ...
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... heaven , O Lucifer , son of the morning : how art thou cut down to the ground , —For thou hast said in thine heart , I will ascend into heaven , I will exalt my throne above the stars of God . ' These are the utterances of arbitrary ...
... heaven , O Lucifer , son of the morning : how art thou cut down to the ground , —For thou hast said in thine heart , I will ascend into heaven , I will exalt my throne above the stars of God . ' These are the utterances of arbitrary ...
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... heaven and the earth , and in her smile we live . " Istar paid no heed to this tipsy salutation ; she stood among her assembled guests who at once surrounded her with eager salutations and gracefully worded flatteries ; smiling on them ...
... heaven and the earth , and in her smile we live . " Istar paid no heed to this tipsy salutation ; she stood among her assembled guests who at once surrounded her with eager salutations and gracefully worded flatteries ; smiling on them ...
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Page 99 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Page 100 - They are slaves who fear to speak For the fallen and the weak ; They are slaves who will not choose Hatred, scoffing, and abuse, Rather than in silence shrink From the truth they needs must think : They are slaves who dare not be In the right with two or three.
Page 207 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Page 206 - Here, perhaps, I ought to stop. But a solicitude for your welfare, which cannot end but with my life, and the apprehension of danger, natural to that solicitude, urge me, on an occasion like the present, to offer to your solemn contemplation...
Page 77 - Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe; who presides in the councils of nations...
Page 208 - I hold the maxim no less applicable to. public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. I repeat it therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion, it is unnecessary, and would be unwise, to extend them.
Page 11 - ... and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed and the bounds of their habitation ; that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him and find him, though he be not far from every one of us.
Page 78 - I shall take my present leave ; but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the human race, in humble supplication, that since he has been pleased to favor the American people, with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity, and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government, for the security of their union, and the advancement of their happiness ; so his divine blessing may be equally conspicuous in the enlarged views, the temperate consultations,...
Page 78 - Having thus imparted to you my sentiments as they have been awakened by the occasion which brings us together, I shall take my present leave, but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the human race, in humble supplication that, since he has been pleased to favor the American people with opportunities for deliberating in perfect tranquillity and dispositions for deciding with unparalleled unanimity on a form of government for the security of their union and the advancement of their...
Page 135 - ... to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical...