A History of the Mental Growth of Mankind in Ancient Times, Volumen2H. Holt & Company, 1893 |
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... divine character . The high priest delivered an address including the fol- lowing passages : " Receive with humble kindness those who come to you in anxiety and oppression . Neither speak nor act in passion . Hear quietly to the end the ...
... divine character . The high priest delivered an address including the fol- lowing passages : " Receive with humble kindness those who come to you in anxiety and oppression . Neither speak nor act in passion . Hear quietly to the end the ...
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... divine , is common among polytheists . In every department of life the great influence of their religion on the people was apparent . Their worship was not limited to the temples and to public occasions . It accompanied every important ...
... divine , is common among polytheists . In every department of life the great influence of their religion on the people was apparent . Their worship was not limited to the temples and to public occasions . It accompanied every important ...
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... divine images were generally in the form of men , but also of women , beasts , and monsters , and were of stone , wood , or burned clay , those of the latter material being usually hollow , and some of them so made that a priest could ...
... divine images were generally in the form of men , but also of women , beasts , and monsters , and were of stone , wood , or burned clay , those of the latter material being usually hollow , and some of them so made that a priest could ...
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... divine mercy washes away the stain of sin , and he is born again to commence a new life . For the confirmation of his veracity , and instead of an oath , the penitent touched the earth with his hand , which he then kissed ; and he un ...
... divine mercy washes away the stain of sin , and he is born again to commence a new life . For the confirmation of his veracity , and instead of an oath , the penitent touched the earth with his hand , which he then kissed ; and he un ...
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... divine in his character , the terrestrial representative and son of the great national god , the celestial luminary , the He chose his chief wife among his sisters , and her eldest son was the legitimate heir to the throne . In this ...
... divine in his character , the terrestrial representative and son of the great national god , the celestial luminary , the He chose his chief wife among his sisters , and her eldest son was the legitimate heir to the throne . In this ...
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Página 270 - Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people : and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day. 39 For, as the Lord liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die.
Página 196 - They have been the prominent actors in the great drama of history, and have carried to their fullest growth all the elements of active life with which our nature is endowed. They have perfected society and morals, and we learn from their literature and works of art the elements of science, the laws of art, and the principles of philosophy. In continual struggle with each other and with Semitic and Turanian races...
Página 314 - Turn your astonish'd eyes ; behold yon huge And unhewn sphere of living adamant, Which, poised by magic, rests its central weight On yonder pointed rock ; firm as it seems, Such is its strange and virtuous property, It moves obsequious to the gentlest touch Of him whose breast is pure ; but to a traitor, Tho' even a giant's prowess nerv'd his arm, It stands as fixed as Snowdon.
Página 270 - And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee.
Página 205 - Him let us praise, the golden child that rose In the beginning, who was born the lord — The one sole lord of all that is — who made The earth, and formed the sky, who giveth life, Who giveth strength, whose bidding gods revere, Whose hiding-place is immortality, Whose shadow, death ; who by his might is king Of all the breathing, sleeping, waking world...
Página 250 - One addressed the venerable Ananda, and said: "It may be, Ananda, that in some of you the thought may arise, 'The word of the Master is ended, we have no teacher more!
Página 369 - The essence of religion is the strong and earnest direction of the emotions and desires towards an ideal object, recognized as of the highest excellence, and as rightfully paramount over all selfish objects of desire.
Página 109 - I have distressed the people and wasted property ? Whether in the appointment of officers I have failed to obtain fit persons, and thereby the acts of government have been petty and vexatious to the people ? Whether punishments have been unjustly inflicted or not ? Whether the oppressed have found no means of appeal ? Whether, in persecuting heterodox...
Página 204 - ... sage, a priest, a king, Protector, father of the sacrifice. Commissioned by us men, thou dost ascend A messenger, conveying to the sky Our hymns and offerings. Though thy origin Be threefold, now from air, and now from water. Now from the mystic double Arani, Thou art thyself a mighty god, a lord, Giver of life and immortality ; One in thy essence, but to mortals three ; Displaying thine eternal triple form, As fire on earth, as lightning in the air, As sun in heaven.