On the Improvement of Society by the Diffusion of Knowledge: Or, An Illustration of the Advantages which Would Result from a More General Dissemination of Rational and Scientific Information Among All RanksWaugh and Innes, 1833 - 542 sider |
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Side 26
... less among the vulgar in every country . Even kings and emperors , sages and heroes , have been seized with alarm at the most trivial circumstances , which they were taught to consider as ominous of bad fortune , or of impend- ing ...
... less among the vulgar in every country . Even kings and emperors , sages and heroes , have been seized with alarm at the most trivial circumstances , which they were taught to consider as ominous of bad fortune , or of impend- ing ...
Side 30
... genuine truths among a great majority of mankind . That a man has one rib less than a woman , that there is a certain Jew still alive , who has wandered through the world since the 30 ON THE GENERAL DIFFUSION OF KNOwledge .
... genuine truths among a great majority of mankind . That a man has one rib less than a woman , that there is a certain Jew still alive , who has wandered through the world since the 30 ON THE GENERAL DIFFUSION OF KNOwledge .
Side 31
... darkness . The prevalence of such opinions is to be regretted , not only on account of the ground- less alarms they create , but chiefly on account of the false ideas they inspire with regard to the na- ABSURDITY OF SUPERSTITION . 31.
... darkness . The prevalence of such opinions is to be regretted , not only on account of the ground- less alarms they create , but chiefly on account of the false ideas they inspire with regard to the na- ABSURDITY OF SUPERSTITION . 31.
Side 42
... , and will cost him less trouble and expense than are requisite to a schoolboy for acquiring the elements of the Latin tongue . To conclude this branch of the subject : -Since it 42 ON THE GENERAL DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE .
... , and will cost him less trouble and expense than are requisite to a schoolboy for acquiring the elements of the Latin tongue . To conclude this branch of the subject : -Since it 42 ON THE GENERAL DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE .
Side 43
... less terrors may be removed , and just conceptions of the moral attributes of the Deity promoted , must diminish the sum of human misery , and add some- thing to human happiness . If therefore the acqui- sition of useful knowledge ...
... less terrors may be removed , and just conceptions of the moral attributes of the Deity promoted , must diminish the sum of human misery , and add some- thing to human happiness . If therefore the acqui- sition of useful knowledge ...
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Side 336 - For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear the Lord and his goodness in the latter days.
Side 335 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee ; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even!
Side 338 - The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens : and his kingdom ruleth over all.
Side 341 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth-; they that have done good to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation,"
Side 380 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Side 381 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand : When I awake, I am still with thee.
Side 341 - The hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Side 414 - Nevertheless, he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave them rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling their hearts with food and gladness.
Side 338 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance...
Side 234 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number : he calleth them all by names, by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power, not one faileth.