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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... to you , my friends , is not my pur- pose ; nothing but the crown of grey hairs can authorise any one in so bold an act . My wish is to suggest , by example , the process through which our minds are led to such ideas as [ 4 ]
... to you , my friends , is not my pur- pose ; nothing but the crown of grey hairs can authorise any one in so bold an act . My wish is to suggest , by example , the process through which our minds are led to such ideas as [ 4 ]
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... minds are led to such ideas as those I speak of ; to cause you to think for yourselves ; to wake your minds into action , even if it be into opposition . Our purpose , you will remember , is to find such principles of action as will ...
... minds are led to such ideas as those I speak of ; to cause you to think for yourselves ; to wake your minds into action , even if it be into opposition . Our purpose , you will remember , is to find such principles of action as will ...
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... 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 been progress , as there surely has been change , there must have been regress : and ...
... 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 been progress , as there surely has been change , there must have been regress : and ...
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... minds to enter upon a course of inquiry which will bring you to the truth . There have been in the world , as it appears to me , only four forms or distinct types of Civilization . The first was that which prevailed in Egypt and the ...
... minds to enter upon a course of inquiry which will bring you to the truth . There have been in the world , as it appears to me , only four forms or distinct types of Civilization . The first was that which prevailed in Egypt and the ...
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... mind what I would communicate ; I can but direct his eye to the point , he must look for himself . Supposing , however , that my hearers have gained to some extent an insight into the great principles of Civilization , heretofore and ...
... mind what I would communicate ; I can but direct his eye to the point , he must look for himself . Supposing , however , that my hearers have gained to some extent an insight into the great principles of Civilization , heretofore and ...
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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.