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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... leads us to think of the ground on which our Government stands ; of the source and soul of its strength ; of the influence that we all exert upon it ; and of the principles which should guide us in using our influence . In travelling ...
... leads us to think of the ground on which our Government stands ; of the source and soul of its strength ; of the influence that we all exert upon it ; and of the principles which should guide us in using our influence . In travelling ...
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... lead us to think that it stops with us ? that after all the struggles of the mightiest minds and noblest hearts , the advance is accomplished , and that we wholly comprehend what our fathers understood but in part ? And if there has not ...
... lead us to think that it stops with us ? that after all the struggles of the mightiest minds and noblest hearts , the advance is accomplished , and that we wholly comprehend what our fathers understood but in part ? And if there has not ...
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... lead ? To vice and effeminacy ; and when unrestrained by the conception of an Infinite power over and in all , to hopeless moral degradation . Greece gave her civilization to Rome , Macedonia , and Constan- tinople , for in none of them ...
... lead ? To vice and effeminacy ; and when unrestrained by the conception of an Infinite power over and in all , to hopeless moral degradation . Greece gave her civilization to Rome , Macedonia , and Constan- tinople , for in none of them ...
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... leads me to speak of the same principle as seen in Re- ligion . In the reign of that Feeling of the Infinite which prevailed during the middle ages , true reverence and superstition grew up side by side . Free thought was unknown , as ...
... leads me to speak of the same principle as seen in Re- ligion . In the reign of that Feeling of the Infinite which prevailed during the middle ages , true reverence and superstition grew up side by side . Free thought was unknown , as ...
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... lead me to labor for the mere elegancies due my superior , who has already every comfort ; while the spirit of Individualism will bid me work for the common conveniences due to myself and the thousands about me ; did I not recognize my ...
... lead me to labor for the mere elegancies due my superior , who has already every comfort ; while the spirit of Individualism will bid me work for the common conveniences due to myself and the thousands about me ; did I not recognize my ...
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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.