Melitus nor Anytus harm me; nor have they the power; for I do not think that it is possible for a better man to be injured by a worse. He may perhaps have me condemned to death, or banished or deprived of civil rights; and he or others may perhaps consider these as mighty evils; I, however, do not consider them so...

THOLUCK. Hours of Christian Devotion. Translated from the German of A. Tholuck, DD , Professor of Theology in the University of Halle. By the Rev. ROBERT MENZIES, DD With a Preface written for this Translation by the Author.

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Side 251 And I think that no greater good has ever befallen you in the city than my zeal for the service of the god. For I go about doing nothing else than persuading you, both young and old, to take no care either for the body, or for riches, prior to or so much as for the soul, how it may be made most perfect, telling you that virtue does not spring from riches, but riches and all other human blessings, both private and public, from virtue. Vises i 22 bøker fra 1848-2008

Side 28 I. — After this then, said I, compare our nature as respects education, or the want thereof, to a condition such as follows : — Behold men, as it were, in an underground cave-like dwelling, having its entrance open towards the light and extending through the whole cave, — and within it persons, who from childhood upwards have had chains on their legs and their necks, so as, while abiding there, to have the power of looking forward only, but not to turn round their heads by reason of their chains,... Vises i 6 bøker fra 1854-2003

Side 23 ... of old women, as it appears to me. But let us describe the truth as follows. God is never in any respect unjust, but as just as possible, and there is not any thing that resembles him more than the man amongst us who has likewise become as just as possible. Vises i 13 bøker fra 1848-2004

Side 266 Olsliausen ; our urban and suburban pastors are beginning to find out that there are fresher waters than Barnes can minister... Vises i 8 bøker fra 1859-1865

Side 19 But if the company will be persuaded by me ; considering the soul to be immortal, and able to bear all evil and good, we shall always persevere in the road which leads upwards... Vises i 25 bøker fra 1854-1992

Side 24 Since there are two models in the nature of things, my friend, one divine and most happy, the other ungodly and most miserable, they, not perceiving that this is the case through stupidity and extreme folly, unknown to themselves become similar to tho one by unjust actions and unsimilar to the other; wherefore they are punished by leading a life suited to that to which they are assimilated. Vises i 10 bøker fra 1861-1941

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