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... ject is far from being exhausted . I have not the vanity to suppose that my writings can bear a comparison with those works of ge- nius which have been already published on this subject , and which are periodically ush- ered into public ...
... ject is far from being exhausted . I have not the vanity to suppose that my writings can bear a comparison with those works of ge- nius which have been already published on this subject , and which are periodically ush- ered into public ...
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... ject , but shall put them down without any order as they happen to occur to me , viz . All things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you , do ye even so to them.- Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time , Thou shalt ...
... ject , but shall put them down without any order as they happen to occur to me , viz . All things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you , do ye even so to them.- Ye have heard that it was said to them of old time , Thou shalt ...
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... ject his authority . I am willing to concede , however , that the text is somewhat figurative , and that as a blow on the cheek was given more for insult than injury , ( as in John xviii . 2d . and in Acts xxiii . 2d . ) the injunction ...
... ject his authority . I am willing to concede , however , that the text is somewhat figurative , and that as a blow on the cheek was given more for insult than injury , ( as in John xviii . 2d . and in Acts xxiii . 2d . ) the injunction ...
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... ject ; but after having taken some notes , and laid up some matter , I find that I can do nothing so well , as to give my readers ex- tracts from the " Tract No. 3 , of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Univer- sal Peace ...
... ject ; but after having taken some notes , and laid up some matter , I find that I can do nothing so well , as to give my readers ex- tracts from the " Tract No. 3 , of the Society for the Promotion of Permanent and Univer- sal Peace ...
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... ject of my last essay , viz . " The doctrine and practice of the ancient Christians as they re- late to war , " by opinions of later christians , philanthropists , and statesmen on the same custom ; but , as two recent events have tak ...
... ject of my last essay , viz . " The doctrine and practice of the ancient Christians as they re- late to war , " by opinions of later christians , philanthropists , and statesmen on the same custom ; but , as two recent events have tak ...
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