Christian Civilization: An Address Delivered Before the Athenian Society of the University of Ohio at Athens, September Sixteenth, 1840 |
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... science and practical art , in which such miraculous advances have been made within our own memory , we lack faith ; we feel as if the end had at last been reached ; the final step taken , and nothing more could be done ; we feel all ...
... science and practical art , in which such miraculous advances have been made within our own memory , we lack faith ; we feel as if the end had at last been reached ; the final step taken , and nothing more could be done ; we feel all ...
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... science constant change , and , if we are wise , constant advancement , lies before us . Have you ever grouped the facts in History so as to simplify its study , and compre- hend its lessons ? If you have , you have seen how certainly ...
... science constant change , and , if we are wise , constant advancement , lies before us . Have you ever grouped the facts in History so as to simplify its study , and compre- hend its lessons ? If you have , you have seen how certainly ...
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... Science , which disdained earth and man , and dealt with the Heavens , with Magic , and the Spiritual world . This idea of the Infinite led to the Subordination of which I have spoken.— Before the Eternal Powers man was so impotent and ...
... Science , which disdained earth and man , and dealt with the Heavens , with Magic , and the Spiritual world . This idea of the Infinite led to the Subordination of which I have spoken.— Before the Eternal Powers man was so impotent and ...
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... Science , Art , Litera- ture , and social life , this long has been and now is , I believe , the great idea . In Government the result is a constant tendency to perfect Democracy ; not to such a partial Democracy as existed in Greece ...
... Science , Art , Litera- ture , and social life , this long has been and now is , I believe , the great idea . In Government the result is a constant tendency to perfect Democracy ; not to such a partial Democracy as existed in Greece ...
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... Science , which in India and Egypt made men jugglers and necromancers ; in Greece and Rome beautified the streets , and gave countless luxuries to the table ; in Feudal Europe served the Astrol- oger and armourer ; this same Science now ...
... Science , which in India and Egypt made men jugglers and necromancers ; in Greece and Rome beautified the streets , and gave countless luxuries to the table ; in Feudal Europe served the Astrol- oger and armourer ; this same Science now ...
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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.
Page 26 - With a heart for any fate, Still achieving, still pursuing, iearn to labor, and to wait.