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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... progress of political individualism may be most clearly traced in the History of England ; her first Revolution was the day - break of that Democracy which fully came forth when these States , with- out King or Constitution , asserted ...
... progress of political individualism may be most clearly traced in the History of England ; her first Revolution was the day - break of that Democracy which fully came forth when these States , with- out King or Constitution , asserted ...
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... progress ; while in Greece and Modern Europe the understanding and lower feelings govern , producing individual opinions , and des- troying Reverence . Or by external emblems , I might illustrate my meaning ; as by comparing the vast ...
... progress ; while in Greece and Modern Europe the understanding and lower feelings govern , producing individual opinions , and des- troying Reverence . Or by external emblems , I might illustrate my meaning ; as by comparing the vast ...
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... progress has , as yet , by no means , reached its culminating point . We may , therefore , look forward over centuries to the day when the principles which I would now advocate shall rule , and yet in advocating them now , I am not ...
... progress has , as yet , by no means , reached its culminating point . We may , therefore , look forward over centuries to the day when the principles which I would now advocate shall rule , and yet in advocating them now , I am not ...
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... Progress and finite de- velopment were the characteristics of Athens no less than of Paris . But the peculiar feature of Grecian progress , love of Beauty , we have not as the Athenians had ; in this land particularly , we need to have ...
... Progress and finite de- velopment were the characteristics of Athens no less than of Paris . But the peculiar feature of Grecian progress , love of Beauty , we have not as the Athenians had ; in this land particularly , we need to have ...
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... and their power from the impulse given by that spirit to the progress of single immortal souls . But while we enjoy vast privileges , we run great risks . Our time swarms with influences which may save us or sink [ 24 ]
... and their power from the impulse given by that spirit to the progress of single immortal souls . But while we enjoy vast privileges , we run great risks . Our time swarms with influences which may save us or sink [ 24 ]
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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.