Christian Civilization: An Address Delivered Before the Athenian Society of the University of Ohio at Athens, September Sixteenth, 1840A. Pugh, Print., 1840 - 26 pages |
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... once let the honesty of our people oppose a law and it is powerless . Such is the nature of our Democracy : as the character of our people is , such will our Government be . In order then to influence our Government , we have only to in ...
... once let the honesty of our people oppose a law and it is powerless . Such is the nature of our Democracy : as the character of our people is , such will our Government be . In order then to influence our Government , we have only to in ...
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... let me say once more , is not to convey knowledge so much as to rouse thought ; the views to which I have been led may be very mistaken , and yet by the statement of them I may cause your minds to enter upon a course of inquiry which ...
... let me say once more , is not to convey knowledge so much as to rouse thought ; the views to which I have been led may be very mistaken , and yet by the statement of them I may cause your minds to enter upon a course of inquiry which ...
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... Once let the gentle and lovely spirit of our faith , the per- fection of moral beauty , fill us , and we cannot but seek its expres- sion in material forms . Once let the divine mind which was in Christ enter our bosoms , and we shall ...
... Once let the gentle and lovely spirit of our faith , the per- fection of moral beauty , fill us , and we cannot but seek its expres- sion in material forms . Once let the divine mind which was in Christ enter our bosoms , and we shall ...
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... once , but in due season . While then we retain that respect for individual man , which is the saving faith of our day , let us add to it a love for him such as our Saviour had ; while we emulate the devotion and loyality of feudal times , ...
... once , but in due season . While then we retain that respect for individual man , which is the saving faith of our day , let us add to it a love for him such as our Saviour had ; while we emulate the devotion and loyality of feudal times , ...
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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.