The Theological and Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Priestley, Volume 25G. Smallfield, 1780 - Theology |
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... greater part of our pupils were not intended for any of the learned pro- fessions . To remedy this defect , I composed and introduced the lec- tures , of which a distinct syllabus will be found at the end of the Essay ; and though the ...
... greater part of our pupils were not intended for any of the learned pro- fessions . To remedy this defect , I composed and introduced the lec- tures , of which a distinct syllabus will be found at the end of the Essay ; and though the ...
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... greater progress we make in the analysis of na- ture , the nearer we come to first and simple principles , and in fewer general propositions may the whole be comprised . ; But though the teaching of nature is slower than the teach- ing ...
... greater progress we make in the analysis of na- ture , the nearer we come to first and simple principles , and in fewer general propositions may the whole be comprised . ; But though the teaching of nature is slower than the teach- ing ...
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... greater , and so late in life , as that the effects of it shall be irremediable . Other extravagances of youth , which are not of an immoral nature , had better , in many cases , be connived at , till they , in like manner , correct ...
... greater , and so late in life , as that the effects of it shall be irremediable . Other extravagances of youth , which are not of an immoral nature , had better , in many cases , be connived at , till they , in like manner , correct ...
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... greater knowledge of nature ; and the certain consequence of the increase of natural knowledge , will be as great a superiority of future times over the present , as that of the present over the past . It is a great advantage attending ...
... greater knowledge of nature ; and the certain consequence of the increase of natural knowledge , will be as great a superiority of future times over the present , as that of the present over the past . It is a great advantage attending ...
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... greater parts of the machine of government , in any country of great extent , is a sphere of action which ( though every man ought to hold himself in readiness for , in proportion to the chance that his rank in life gives him for being ...
... greater parts of the machine of government , in any country of great extent , is a sphere of action which ( though every man ought to hold himself in readiness for , in proportion to the chance that his rank in life gives him for being ...
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Page 103 - Cherish, therefore, the spirit of our people, and keep alive their attention. Do not be too severe upon their errors, but reclaim them by enlightening them. If once they become inattentive to the public affairs, you and I, and Congress and Assemblies, Judges and Governors, shall all become wolves. It seems to be the law of our general nature, in spite of individual exceptions...
Page 58 - Remove far from me vanity and lies : give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord 1 or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 79 - Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul...
Page 21 - In his pleading he abhorred those too common faults of misreciting evidences, quoting precedents or books falsely, or asserting things confidently, by which ignorant juries, or weak judges, are too often wrought on. He pleaded with the same sincerity that he used in the other parts of his life, and used to say it was as great a dishonour as a man was capable of, that for a little money he was to be hired to say or do otherwise than as he thought.
Page 89 - Mankind will never be in an eminent degree virtuous and happy, till each man shall possess that portion of distinction, and no more, to which he is entitled by his personal merits.
Page 145 - The Unitarian Society for promoting Christian Knowledge and the practice of Virtue, by the distribution of books.
Page 326 - Lusts of the Flesh, the Lusts of the Eye, and the Pride of Life,' must be watched against and conquered.
Page 7 - Could I but get over some nice points, and conform to the practice and opinion of those about me, I might stand as fair a chance as others for dignities and preferment.
Page 392 - This I have heard him say many times. It was at his request, enforced by that of Dr. Fothergilj that I wrote an anonymous pamphlet, calculated to show the injustice and impolicy of a war with the colonies, previous to the meeting of a new parliament. As I then lived at Leeds, he corrected the press himself, and, to a passage, in which I lamented the attempt to establish arbitrary power in so large a part of the British empire, he added the following clause, " to the imminent danger of our most valuable...
Page 351 - A philosopher ought to be something greater and better than another man. The contemplation of the works of God should give a sublimity to his virtue, should expand his benevolence, extinguish every thing mean, base, and selfish in his nature, give a dignity to all his sentiments, and teach him to aspire to the moral perfections of the great Author of all things.