Moral Character of Civil Government: Considered with Reference to the Political Institutions of the United States,in Four LettersW.C. Little, 1832 - 72 páginas |
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... ment . It is in the employment of this power , that we are obli- ged to enter into these relations now mentioned . We may abuse or misimprove the power , as we do many other gifts of God , by sometimes forming those relations upon ...
... ment . It is in the employment of this power , that we are obli- ged to enter into these relations now mentioned . We may abuse or misimprove the power , as we do many other gifts of God , by sometimes forming those relations upon ...
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... ment , in all that is interesting to society . A simple want will never justify the rejection of a system positively moral.- " There is " -I use the language of a very sensible writer , - " There is a manifest and great difference ...
... ment , in all that is interesting to society . A simple want will never justify the rejection of a system positively moral.- " There is " -I use the language of a very sensible writer , - " There is a manifest and great difference ...
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... ment of its more immediate and proper ends ; and only to be defective in the recognition of things , in themselves , indeed , im- portant , but incidental to the institution , and not radically be- longing to it . This , it will be ...
... ment of its more immediate and proper ends ; and only to be defective in the recognition of things , in themselves , indeed , im- portant , but incidental to the institution , and not radically be- longing to it . This , it will be ...
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... ment in its institution , primarily and directly , contemplates man as a social , moral agent : his christianity is incidental to his being , of infinite moment , indeed , to his duty and his happiness , but neither essential to his ...
... ment in its institution , primarily and directly , contemplates man as a social , moral agent : his christianity is incidental to his being , of infinite moment , indeed , to his duty and his happiness , but neither essential to his ...
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... ment in it , as a term of communion with him in the church of God ; he in other points acting a consistent part . The con- clusion is , and it might be illustrated by a thousand instances , that a moral relation or institution ...
... ment in it , as a term of communion with him in the church of God ; he in other points acting a consistent part . The con- clusion is , and it might be illustrated by a thousand instances , that a moral relation or institution ...
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