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... could he , by this faculty , acquire the original idea . And thus , in general , the judgment only affirms a relation to exist between two notions which pre- viously existed in the mind ; but it can give 16 WHENCE DO WE.
... could he , by this faculty , acquire the original idea . And thus , in general , the judgment only affirms a relation to exist between two notions which pre- viously existed in the mind ; but it can give 16 WHENCE DO WE.
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... faculty by which we transfer ; but we can transfer nothing which did not pre- viously exist . We could never use the idea of right and wrong by association , unless we had already acquired it . In the acts of judgment and association ...
... faculty by which we transfer ; but we can transfer nothing which did not pre- viously exist . We could never use the idea of right and wrong by association , unless we had already acquired it . In the acts of judgment and association ...
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... faculty , or power , for so doing . A man who sees , must have eyes , or the faculty for seeing ; and , if he have not eyes , this is considered a sufficient reason why he should And thus , it is universally admitted , that there may be ...
... faculty , or power , for so doing . A man who sees , must have eyes , or the faculty for seeing ; and , if he have not eyes , this is considered a sufficient reason why he should And thus , it is universally admitted , that there may be ...
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... faculty . The question would then seem reduced to this , do we perceive this quality of actions by a single faculty , or by a combination of faculties . I think it must be evident , from what has been already stated , that this notion ...
... faculty . The question would then seem reduced to this , do we perceive this quality of actions by a single faculty , or by a combination of faculties . I think it must be evident , from what has been already stated , that this notion ...
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... faculty . 1. It has been said , if such a faculty has been bestowed , it must have been bestowed universally ; but it is not be- stowed universally ; for what some nations consider right , other nations consider wrong , as infanticide ...
... faculty . 1. It has been said , if such a faculty has been bestowed , it must have been bestowed universally ; but it is not be- stowed universally ; for what some nations consider right , other nations consider wrong , as infanticide ...
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action adultery affection amount of happiness arise asserted become benevolence bound BROWN UNIVERSITY CHAPTER character child civil society command concubinage condition conscience consequences consider constitution contract course of conduct created Creator crime cultivation derived desire duty evident evil exercise existence fact faculty feeling FRANCIS WAYLAND gratification greatest amount guilty Hence human impulse Inasmuch individual inflict injury innocent intellectual intended interfere knowledge labor law of chastity liberty limit manifest manifestly manner marriage means of happiness mode moral character moral constitution moral law moral obligation moral quality motives nations natural religion neighbor obedience obey object observed Old Testament ourselves pain parent party passion person pleasure prayer precept present principle produce punishment reason relation remarked render respect result revelation right of property Sabbath Scriptures self-love slavery spect suppose teach tendency thing tion truth universal unless vidual violation virtue whole wicked wrong
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Page 162 - Clouds and darkness are round about him : Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
Page 181 - In it thou shalt do no manner of work ; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
Page 333 - Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 351 - The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
Page 54 - Vice is a monster of such frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; But seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 93 - I have of late— but wherefore I know not— lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory...
Page x - Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
Page 171 - Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone ? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent ? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him...
Page 404 - I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them that despitefully use you, and persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Page 76 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not : if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.