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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... 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 enable us most beneficially to affect the ...
... 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 enable us most beneficially to affect the ...
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... speak . There is no enterprise , no Yankee progres- siveness in anything . Wealth does not serve to make the million comfortable , but to build pyramids , and hew out temples of Elora . Knowledge does not raise the mass one atom ; it ...
... speak . There is no enterprise , no Yankee progres- siveness in anything . Wealth does not serve to make the million comfortable , but to build pyramids , and hew out temples of Elora . Knowledge does not raise the mass one atom ; it ...
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... speak of ourselves . And in Religion , how wholly different the spirit of Athens from that of Egypt , of Palestine , or Hindostan . In the Mythology of Greece Infinitude was lost sight of ; her Gods were perfected mor- tals ; not ...
... speak of ourselves . And in Religion , how wholly different the spirit of Athens from that of Egypt , of Palestine , or Hindostan . In the Mythology of Greece Infinitude was lost sight of ; her Gods were perfected mor- tals ; not ...
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... 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 much as in ...
... 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 much as in ...
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... speak of the only mode in which the results of our present partial law of development may be , as I think , avoided , let me say a word or two more upon the Past . In the slight outline given of the Civilization of this world thus far ...
... speak of the only mode in which the results of our present partial law of development may be , as I think , avoided , let me say a word or two more upon the Past . In the slight outline given of the Civilization of this world thus far ...
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act politically ask wherein Athens central principle character of Greece Chivalric Church civilizing principle Democracy Despotism devotion Disinterestedness Divine East we find Egypt Eternal Necessity faults and wants feature of Grecian feelings govern Feudal Europe filled form of civilization former free-will friends George 3d Grecian Civilization Greek habits Hebrew Henry 7th History Homer's idea immortal India individual Infinite influence our Government Jehovah Jesus labor land lead Limited Monarchy living look love of Beauty luxury man's middle ages mind monarch neglect Obedience and Reverence Once let ourselves partial law Perfect Finite perfect the Finite politicians practical art present prevailed Priesthood progress Prophets purifying and perfecting Reformation Religion religious Rome ruler ruling Satrap Science seen sense Sentiment slavery Socrates source and soul speak spirit of Greece spirit of obedience strive submission Subordination symbolical temples Theocracy things tion truth vast wholly young
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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.