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... advantages and disadvantages of war . So he left the question to philanthropists , politi- cians , and divines ; and went on making money . He was content any way , so that he could be climbing upward in his own selfish manner . The ...
... advantages and disadvantages of war . So he left the question to philanthropists , politi- cians , and divines ; and went on making money . He was content any way , so that he could be climbing upward in his own selfish manner . The ...
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... advantages . When he was just entering on manhood , he possessed more wealth than Peter Thellusson had to bequeath at the close of his life . His father died when he was about the age at which English law would have ceased to regard him ...
... advantages . When he was just entering on manhood , he possessed more wealth than Peter Thellusson had to bequeath at the close of his life . His father died when he was about the age at which English law would have ceased to regard him ...
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... advantages were conferred by a grateful nation . War was , however , in the estimation of the British leader , far too serious to allow of merely personal considerations . He was fighting in order to secure righteous peace . He was ...
... advantages were conferred by a grateful nation . War was , however , in the estimation of the British leader , far too serious to allow of merely personal considerations . He was fighting in order to secure righteous peace . He was ...
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... money . Others are thinking of loved Others largely possess that healthiness of soul which incites effort to succeed in what is their ones at home . duty , without any reference to personal advantage . All WHERE TO CLIMB . 25.
... money . Others are thinking of loved Others largely possess that healthiness of soul which incites effort to succeed in what is their ones at home . duty , without any reference to personal advantage . All WHERE TO CLIMB . 25.
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... advantage . All the sails are therefore employed which can be with safety . Now it so happens , that in that inland sea squalls are of frequent occurrence . This seems to have been the case in the days of St. Paul , and is certainly so ...
... advantage . All the sails are therefore employed which can be with safety . Now it so happens , that in that inland sea squalls are of frequent occurrence . This seems to have been the case in the days of St. Paul , and is certainly so ...
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Page 60 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not ; for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon...
Page 132 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Page 22 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 61 - Judgment also will I lay to the line, And righteousness to the plummet: And the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
Page 70 - In the elder days of Art, Builders wrought with greatest care Each minute and unseen part ; For the gods see everywhere.
Page 62 - HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Page 49 - And he said, This will I do : I will pull down my barns, and build greater ; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. " And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 118 - Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure : for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall : for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ...
Page 163 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Page 132 - We take no note of time But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours : Where are they ? With the years beyond the flood.