The Elements of Moral Science"This book presents to the public a new treatise upon moral science and moral philosophy. Being designed for the purposes of instruction, its aim is, to be simple, clear, and purely didactic. I have rarely gone into extended discussion, but have contented myself with the attempt to state the moral law, and the reason of it, in as few and as comprehensive terms as possible"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved) |
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... manifestly design to injure us , and select the most appro- priate means for effecting their purpose ? And can we not connect such results with their actions , as shall influence their will , and prevent , or excite the exercise of ...
... manifestly design to injure us , and select the most appro- priate means for effecting their purpose ? And can we not connect such results with their actions , as shall influence their will , and prevent , or excite the exercise of ...
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... manifestly this tendency , must be wrong also . And here let me add , that the imagination of man is the great parent both of virtue and vice . Thus saith the wise man , " Keep thy heart with all diligence , for out of it are the issues ...
... manifestly this tendency , must be wrong also . And here let me add , that the imagination of man is the great parent both of virtue and vice . Thus saith the wise man , " Keep thy heart with all diligence , for out of it are the issues ...
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... manifestly do not in- stinctively and universally , as soon as this connexion is asserted , yield our assent to it , nor is it absurd to deny it ; and , therefore , the assertion capable of proof , and we may justly demand the proof ...
... manifestly do not in- stinctively and universally , as soon as this connexion is asserted , yield our assent to it , nor is it absurd to deny it ; and , therefore , the assertion capable of proof , and we may justly demand the proof ...
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... manifestly tend . " Perhaps divine goodness , with which , if I mistake not , we make very free in our speculations , may not be a bare single disposition to pro- duce happiness , but a disposition to make the good , the faithful , the ...
... manifestly tend . " Perhaps divine goodness , with which , if I mistake not , we make very free in our speculations , may not be a bare single disposition to pro- duce happiness , but a disposition to make the good , the faithful , the ...
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... manifestly designed to produce some result . As to the ultimate design for which man was created , there may be a difference of opinion . In one view , however , I presume there will be no difference . It will be allowed by all , that ...
... manifestly designed to produce some result . As to the ultimate design for which man was created , there may be a difference of opinion . In one view , however , I presume there will be no difference . It will be allowed by all , that ...
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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.