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From there , it has waved , with maniac triumph , over millions of deluded mortals
, and over the wreck of ruined nations . To rob man of the image of his God , and
seduce him from the path of wisdom , has been its constant and successful aim .
From there , it has waved , with maniac triumph , over millions of deluded mortals
, and over the wreck of ruined nations . To rob man of the image of his God , and
seduce him from the path of wisdom , has been its constant and successful aim .
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robes himself of the noblest powers bestowed by creative Wisdom , and sinks
himself below the level of a brute . All things , from the leaf that vibrates in the
breeze , to the etherial sky , spangled with stars ; proclaim the existence of a God
.
robes himself of the noblest powers bestowed by creative Wisdom , and sinks
himself below the level of a brute . All things , from the leaf that vibrates in the
breeze , to the etherial sky , spangled with stars ; proclaim the existence of a God
.
Page 128
Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom , in
minds attentive to their own . - Cowper . The stock , in the great store house of
knowledge , has long been increasing in amount and variety . For some time past
, the ...
Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom , in
minds attentive to their own . - Cowper . The stock , in the great store house of
knowledge , has long been increasing in amount and variety . For some time past
, the ...
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See the gay multitudes putting to sea in their light canoes of fashionthey are
tossed to and fro , like squirrels on a strip of bark ; and sometimes are driven back
on shore , and apply to Virtue and Wisdom , to construct them something more ...
See the gay multitudes putting to sea in their light canoes of fashionthey are
tossed to and fro , like squirrels on a strip of bark ; and sometimes are driven back
on shore , and apply to Virtue and Wisdom , to construct them something more ...
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H. lost his Na indebted to the wisdom of his of buis subsequent greatness and ua
14th of December , A. D. 1799 , in west bank of the Potomacy A ton . Ociober 7 ,
1837 , : lt , near the old one , ans , *** , ? hagus , constructed and es : They were ...
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