Christian Civilization: An Address Delivered Before the Athenian Society of the University of Ohio at Athens, September Sixteenth, 1840 |
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... prevailed in the world , and to show in each that feature which it seems to me we should try to profit by . In doing this , my wish , let me say once more , is not to convey knowledge so much as to rouse thought ; the views to which I ...
... prevailed in the world , and to show in each that feature which it seems to me we should try to profit by . In doing this , my wish , let me say once more , is not to convey knowledge so much as to rouse thought ; the views to which I ...
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... growth cannot be , but with nothing else it will never go far : it is essential in child- hood , but too hardly enforced , it makes childhood perpetual . 2 The second form of Civilization was that which prevailed in [ 9 ]
... growth cannot be , but with nothing else it will never go far : it is essential in child- hood , but too hardly enforced , it makes childhood perpetual . 2 The second form of Civilization was that which prevailed in [ 9 ]
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... prevailed in Greece . As the great feature of the East was Subordination , that of Greece was Progress ; and as the former sprang from the idea of the Infinite , so the latter sprang from the idea of the Perfect Finite . These two ...
... prevailed in Greece . As the great feature of the East was Subordination , that of Greece was Progress ; and as the former sprang from the idea of the Infinite , so the latter sprang from the idea of the Perfect Finite . These two ...
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... prevailed in Feudal Europe , we should not have had those strange but expressive figures of saints and angels , which , half symbolical , half representative , at once make us smile at what we see , and muse upon what we do not see ...
... prevailed in Feudal Europe , we should not have had those strange but expressive figures of saints and angels , which , half symbolical , half representative , at once make us smile at what we see , and muse upon what we do not see ...
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... prevailed during the middle ages , true reverence and superstition grew up side by side . Free thought was unknown , as much as in the East ; a - very thoroughly organized Priesthood possessed the property and power [ 14 ]
... prevailed during the middle ages , true reverence and superstition grew up side by side . Free thought was unknown , as much as in the East ; a - very thoroughly organized Priesthood possessed the property and power [ 14 ]
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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.