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Poor Shakspeare ! he too , it seems , was ignorant of the irresistible efficacy , or ,
as some choose to speak , the omnipotency of truth . Should we ask these
political prophets , what wonder - working truths they have incommission to
reveal ...
Poor Shakspeare ! he too , it seems , was ignorant of the irresistible efficacy , or ,
as some choose to speak , the omnipotency of truth . Should we ask these
political prophets , what wonder - working truths they have incommission to
reveal ...
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It would seem probable in speculation , that the native power of truth was
sufficient to ensure its success in the world . “ Truth , ” says Mr . Locke , “ would
certainly do well enough , if she were once left to shift for herself ; ” and others
speak the ...
It would seem probable in speculation , that the native power of truth was
sufficient to ensure its success in the world . “ Truth , ” says Mr . Locke , “ would
certainly do well enough , if she were once left to shift for herself ; ” and others
speak the ...
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Those truths which are concurrent with any passion or interest , of which there
are numbers both in morality and politics , will be ... In general , we are forward to
admit any truth so far as it is binding upon others , and favourable to ourselves .
Those truths which are concurrent with any passion or interest , of which there
are numbers both in morality and politics , will be ... In general , we are forward to
admit any truth so far as it is binding upon others , and favourable to ourselves .
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And should we ascend still higher to those truths which are more peculiar to
christianity , we should probably find them exposed to the same or still greater
opposition . It is therefore a position not to be universally admitted , that “ truth
would do ...
And should we ascend still higher to those truths which are more peculiar to
christianity , we should probably find them exposed to the same or still greater
opposition . It is therefore a position not to be universally admitted , that “ truth
would do ...
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head , that as the natural expression of truth is charity , and as charity is very
unnaturally expressed by persecution , it must be an obvious consequence , that
between persecution and truth there can be no legitimate connection . And ,
indeed ...
head , that as the natural expression of truth is charity , and as charity is very
unnaturally expressed by persecution , it must be an obvious consequence , that
between persecution and truth there can be no legitimate connection . And ,
indeed ...
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