Essays on Various Subjects, 2Johnson, 1809 |
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... tion is possible to the victims of its out- rage . Hypocrisy has no tear of penitence to shed , no compensation to offer ; it ex- ults over its ruin , and , with a heart har- dened to all compassionate feeling , contem- plates the most ...
... tion is possible to the victims of its out- rage . Hypocrisy has no tear of penitence to shed , no compensation to offer ; it ex- ults over its ruin , and , with a heart har- dened to all compassionate feeling , contem- plates the most ...
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... tion is to be acquired in favour either of the materiality or immateriality of the human soul . Probability is all that is to be at- tained ; and , as in innumerable other in- stances , which occur in the wide range of human inquiry ...
... tion is to be acquired in favour either of the materiality or immateriality of the human soul . Probability is all that is to be at- tained ; and , as in innumerable other in- stances , which occur in the wide range of human inquiry ...
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... tion , that he ever formed the conception of its shape , hue , bulk , weight , or even of re- sistance , in the sense in which we ascribe resistance to matter . The resistance of mind is that of will . Matter has no will , and therefore ...
... tion , that he ever formed the conception of its shape , hue , bulk , weight , or even of re- sistance , in the sense in which we ascribe resistance to matter . The resistance of mind is that of will . Matter has no will , and therefore ...
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... tion , without any other aid , thought that he had composed this sublime , beautiful , and beneficent universe . True philosophy does not guide facts , but is guided by them ; she supposes nothing ; she simply infers , but only on the ...
... tion , without any other aid , thought that he had composed this sublime , beautiful , and beneficent universe . True philosophy does not guide facts , but is guided by them ; she supposes nothing ; she simply infers , but only on the ...
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... tion ; and of both equally clear , distinct , and enforced with equal evidence . We know them each equally by their respective pro- perties , and beyond their properties . we know nothing of either . Our knowledge of both is equally ...
... tion ; and of both equally clear , distinct , and enforced with equal evidence . We know them each equally by their respective pro- perties , and beyond their properties . we know nothing of either . Our knowledge of both is equally ...
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