The Hibbert LecturesUniversity Press, 1890 - Religion |
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... less insignificant opinions , like a fitful guerilla warfare on the flanks of a great army . Whereas what we really find on examining the evidence is , that out of a mass of opinions which for a long time fought as equals upon equal ...
... less insignificant opinions , like a fitful guerilla warfare on the flanks of a great army . Whereas what we really find on examining the evidence is , that out of a mass of opinions which for a long time fought as equals upon equal ...
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... less in the facts themselves than in the attitude of mind in which they are approached — I feel that I should fail of my purpose if I did not linger still upon the threshold to say something of the " personal equa- tion " that we must ...
... less in the facts themselves than in the attitude of mind in which they are approached — I feel that I should fail of my purpose if I did not linger still upon the threshold to say something of the " personal equa- tion " that we must ...
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... less antiquarian . Its ultimate result may be only to gratify our curiosity and to add to the stores of our knowledge . But Christianity claims to be a present guide of our lives . It has been so large a factor in the moral development ...
... less antiquarian . Its ultimate result may be only to gratify our curiosity and to add to the stores of our knowledge . But Christianity claims to be a present guide of our lives . It has been so large a factor in the moral development ...
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... less remotely its literary and philosophical features , and a complete investigation would take them all into account . But since life is short , and human powers are limited , it is necessary in this , as in many other studies , to be ...
... less remotely its literary and philosophical features , and a complete investigation would take them all into account . But since life is short , and human powers are limited , it is necessary in this , as in many other studies , to be ...
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... less instinctive than the tendency to become acquainted with the thoughts of those who have gone before us . But Greece on the one hand had lost political power , and on the other hand possessed in her splendid literature an inalienable ...
... less instinctive than the tendency to become acquainted with the thoughts of those who have gone before us . But Greece on the one hand had lost political power , and on the other hand possessed in her splendid literature an inalienable ...
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Page 169 - For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 47 - Libanius, there was a y'//J</)irr/irt (Liban. defort. sua, vol. ip 59), which points to an assimilation of Athenian usage in his time to that which is mentioned in the following note. 2 This was fixed by a law of Julian in 362, which, however, states it as a concession on the part of the Emperor : " quia singulis civitatibus adesse ipse non possum, jubeo quisquis docere vult non repente nee temere prosiliat ad hoc munus sed judicio ordinis probatus decretum curialium mereatur, optimorum conspirante...
Page 252 - We thank thee, holy Father, for thy holy name, which thou hast caused to dwell in our hearts, and for the knowledge and faith and immortality which thou hast made known to us through Jesus thy servant ; to thee be the glory forever.