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God would not have made the universe as it is unless He intended us to understand it.

Robert Boyle

The generality of men are so accustomed to judge of things by their senses that, because the air is indivisible, they ascribe but little to it, and think it but one remove from nothing.
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Judgement Man Removal
In the Bible the ignorant may learn all requisite knowledge, and the most knowing may learn to discern their ignorance.
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Book Ignorance Knowledge Learning Religious
I think myself obliged, whatever my private apprehensions may be of the success, to do my duty, and leave events to their Disposer.
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Leaving Myself Privacy Success Thinking
In an arch each single stone which, if severed from the rest, would be perhaps defenceless is sufficiently secured by the solidity and entireness of the whole fabric, of which it is a part.
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Clothes Fabric Security Stone
Exalt your passion by directing and settling it upon an object the due con-templation of whose loveliness may cure perfectly all hurts received from mortal beauty.
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Beauty Direction Love Mortal Passion Perfection
He that said it was not good for man to be alone, placed the celibate amongst the inferior states of perfection.
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Alone Goodness Man Perfection Place
Sound consists of an undulating motion of the air.
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Motion Science Sound
The book of nature is a fine and large piece of tapestry rolled up, which we are not able to see all at once, but must be content to wait for the discovery of its beauty, and symmetry, little by little, as it graduallly comes to be more and more unfolded, or displayed.
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Beautiful Book Content Display Nature Satisfaction See
It is not strange to me that persons of the fair sex should like, in all things about them, the handsomeness for which they find themselves most liked.
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Appearance Beautiful Person Sex Strange
Female beauties are as fickle in their faces as in their minds; though casualties should spare them, age brings in a necessity of decay.
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Age Beautiful Face Female Mindset Necessary Ruin
The gospel comprises indeed, and unfolds, the whole mystery of mans redemption, as far forth as it is necessary to be known for our salvation.
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Book Necessary Ourselves Religious
He whose faith never doubted, may justly doubt of his faith.
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Doubt Faith Himself
From a knowledge of His work, we shall know Him.
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Himself Knowledge Work
I am not ambitious to appear a man of letters: I could be content the world should think I had scarce looked upon any other book than that of nature.
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Ambition Appearance Man Nature World
God is the author of the universe, and the free establisher of the laws of motion.
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Author Establishment Freedom God Law Motion Universe
Our Saviour would love at no less rate than death; and from the supereminent height of glory, stooped and debased Himself to the sufferance of the extremest of indignities, and sunk himself to the bottom of abjectness, to exalt our condition to the contrary extreme.
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Condition Death Glory Love Ourselves Rate Suffering

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