The origin of evil and other sermons [by A.W. Momerie].W. Blackwood & Sons, 1879 - 224 páginas |
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... ignorant of the difference between right and wrong , or must be destitute of the power of choice , or must always be impelled by irresistible instincts . In none of these cases could their conduct be really moral The Origin of Evil . 5.
... ignorant of the difference between right and wrong , or must be destitute of the power of choice , or must always be impelled by irresistible instincts . In none of these cases could their conduct be really moral The Origin of Evil . 5.
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... ignorant of sorrow . If I were in trouble , I would confide my grief to the rock of flint rather than to them . There is one thing need- ful to make them men , and that one thing is suffering . Let us listen then , my friends , to ...
... ignorant of sorrow . If I were in trouble , I would confide my grief to the rock of flint rather than to them . There is one thing need- ful to make them men , and that one thing is suffering . Let us listen then , my friends , to ...
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... ignorance , that " it is wonderful they should be insisted upon by any but such as are weak enough to think that they are acquainted with the whole system of things . " There seems no reason , then , why we should not say , - " Oh , yet ...
... ignorance , that " it is wonderful they should be insisted upon by any but such as are weak enough to think that they are acquainted with the whole system of things . " There seems no reason , then , why we should not say , - " Oh , yet ...
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... ignorance or carelessness . But the laws of the human body are of course only a very small portion of physical truth , in- difference to any part of which is the sign of a moral languor incompatible with real greatness or goodness . Yet ...
... ignorance or carelessness . But the laws of the human body are of course only a very small portion of physical truth , in- difference to any part of which is the sign of a moral languor incompatible with real greatness or goodness . Yet ...
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... of man must be- come a searcher after truth . He who thinks he knows it all , or even a large proportion of it , shows by the very thought his surpassing ignorance . When the Delphic oracle declared that Socrates was 98 Manliness .
... of man must be- come a searcher after truth . He who thinks he knows it all , or even a large proportion of it , shows by the very thought his surpassing ignorance . When the Delphic oracle declared that Socrates was 98 Manliness .
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able according altogether anguish Arthur Hallam Barabbas beauty become believe better Bishop Butler called Carlyle character chariots of fire Christ Christianity creed death divine doctrine earth ence eternal evil existence experience fact faith Father Fatherhood feel force George Eliot Glaucon God's habit heart heaven Hence human ignorance infinite inflicted involved Jerusalem John Henry Newman John Stuart Mill justice kind knowledge less live look man's manly Max Müller means mental mercy mind moral nature never noble opinions ourselves pain Pharisees physical pity Plato pleasure prayed prayer present punishment reason recognised regard reign of law religion religious sake salvation says seems seen sermon sight Socrates sometimes sorrow soul speak spirit supernatural teaching temptation tempted thee things thinkers Thou art mindful Thou hast thought tion true truth universe violation virtuous vision words worth wrong
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Página 131 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Página 183 - The heavens declare the glory of God: And the firmament showeth His handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard.
Página 59 - Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete; That not a worm is cloven in vain; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain.
Página 180 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Página 59 - Oh yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood ; That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Página 218 - Speak to Him thou for He hears, and Spirit with Spirit can meet — Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than hands and feet.
Página 241 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him.
Página 26 - Then said the Jews unto him ; Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham ? Jesus said unto them ; Verily, verily, I say unto you ; Before Abraham was, I am.
Página 139 - 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. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Página 179 - And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.