Christian Civilization: An Address Delivered Before the Athenian Society of the University of Ohio at Athens, September Sixteenth, 1840 |
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... Reformation gave tone to all the West of Europe . But for centuries before the time of Luther , there had been silently preparing another form of Civilization , standing related to that of Greece somewhat as its predecessor did to that ...
... Reformation gave tone to all the West of Europe . But for centuries before the time of Luther , there had been silently preparing another form of Civilization , standing related to that of Greece somewhat as its predecessor did to that ...
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... Reformation of Wiclif was to that of Luther . And this leads me to speak of the same principle as seen in Re- ligion . In the reign of that Feeling of the Infinite which prevailed during the middle ages , true reverence and superstition ...
... Reformation of Wiclif was to that of Luther . And this leads me to speak of the same principle as seen in Re- ligion . In the reign of that Feeling of the Infinite which prevailed during the middle ages , true reverence and superstition ...
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Page 26 - Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
Page 23 - True, he never did, but it was because he knew so well that if we but sought " the kingdom of God and his righteousness, all these things should be added unto us.
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