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- The attributes of God, though intelligible to us on their surface yet, for the very reason that they are infinite, transcend our comprehension, when they…
- Why should we be willing to go by faith? We do all things in this world by faith in the word of others. By faith…
- Religion indeed enlightens, terrifies, subdues; it gives faith, it inflicts remorse, it inspires resolutions, it draws tears, it inflames devotion, but only for the occasion.
- Virtue is its own reward, and brings with it the truest and highest pleasure; but if we cultivate it only for pleasure's sake, we are…
- Growth is the only evidence of life.
- Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.
- The love of our private friends is the only preparatory exercise for the love of all men.
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