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... believe he was dying . He was perfectly resigned , free from anxiety or impatience . Reading , shortly before his death , Lucian's Dialogues of the Dead , he said that , among all the excuses alleged to Charon * for not entering readily ...
... believe he was dying . He was perfectly resigned , free from anxiety or impatience . Reading , shortly before his death , Lucian's Dialogues of the Dead , he said that , among all the excuses alleged to Charon * for not entering readily ...
Page 75
... believe that fire will burn , it is merely because it has always burned : ' When many uniform instances appear and the same object is always followed by the same event , we then begin to entertain the notion of cause and connection . We ...
... believe that fire will burn , it is merely because it has always burned : ' When many uniform instances appear and the same object is always followed by the same event , we then begin to entertain the notion of cause and connection . We ...
Page 76
... believe that the evidence is mistaken than that the course of nature is not uniform . It is not here proposed to inquire whether these views , with their quiet and indifferent yet momentous applications , will bear scrutiny . The pre ...
... believe that the evidence is mistaken than that the course of nature is not uniform . It is not here proposed to inquire whether these views , with their quiet and indifferent yet momentous applications , will bear scrutiny . The pre ...
Page 79
... believe , and can not help believing , though in the last analysis we can give no reason for our belief : " The sceptic still continues to reason and believe , even though he asserts that he can not defend his reason by reason . ' But ...
... believe , and can not help believing , though in the last analysis we can give no reason for our belief : " The sceptic still continues to reason and believe , even though he asserts that he can not defend his reason by reason . ' But ...
Page 80
... believe and think and reason as usual , he may safely conclude that his reasoning and belief is some sensation or peculiar manner of conception , which ' tis impossible for mere ideas and reflections to destroy . ' Was he an atheist ...
... believe and think and reason as usual , he may safely conclude that his reasoning and belief is some sensation or peculiar manner of conception , which ' tis impossible for mere ideas and reflections to destroy . ' Was he an atheist ...
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Page 125 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 81 - For my part, when I enter most intimately into what I call myself, I always stumble on some particular perception or other, of heat or cold, light or shade, love or hatred, pain or pleasure. I never can catch myself at any time without a perception, and never can observe anything but the perception.
Page 88 - Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.
Page 125 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep...
Page 91 - Seven years, My Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door, during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour.
Page 120 - How small , of all that human hearts endure , That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 125 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
Page 60 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Page 41 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart: As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 50 - It is come, I know not how, to be taken for granted by many persons, that Christianity is not so much as a subject of inquiry, but that it is now at length discovered to be fictitious. And accordingly they treat it as if, in the present age, this were an agreed point among all people of discernment...