 | Gulian Crommelin Verplanck - 1836 - 76 pagine
...inaction, and that in its nobler parts. The mighty ladder of thought and reason, reaching from the visible to the invisible — from the crude knowledge gained...time ; that whatever is administered by men must be subject to abuse ; and that to be happy and successful, every man must some how or other conform himself... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 396 pagine
...faith'; having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Disappointed and disgusted', they are now tempted...disappointment to the republican institutions of their country. Deeply impressed with the greatness of that love of God, which is from everlasting, the herald of grace... | |
 | Henry Mandeville - 1851 - 370 pagine
...hearts sprinkled 'from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Disappointed ami disgusted', they are now tempted to ascribe their...disappointment to the republican institutions of their country. Trained and instructed', strengthened by wise discipline and guided by pure principle', it ripens into... | |
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This, however, is but an extreme case, to be pointed out as a beacon to mark the covert peril. That such grovelling materiality, such mean selfishness, is not the necessary, nor the constant, no, nor the frequent result of our ardent industry in the affairs... 