The Office and Work of UniversitiesLongman, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1856 - 384 pages |
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... ecclesiastical history but the action of personal influence against law and precedent ? and what were such heterodox teachers as the Arian leaders in primitive times , or Abelard in the middle ages , but the eloquent and attractive ...
... ecclesiastical history but the action of personal influence against law and precedent ? and what were such heterodox teachers as the Arian leaders in primitive times , or Abelard in the middle ages , but the eloquent and attractive ...
Page 131
... ecclesiastical insti- tutions are based upon System , and others upon Influence . Which are those which flourish and fulfil their mission by means of System ? Evi- dently the Regular Bodies , as the very word " regular " implies ; they ...
... ecclesiastical insti- tutions are based upon System , and others upon Influence . Which are those which flourish and fulfil their mission by means of System ? Evi- dently the Regular Bodies , as the very word " regular " implies ; they ...
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... ecclesiastical virtues of the Popes . They are of all men most exposed to the temptation of secu- lar connexions ; and , as history tells us , they have been of all men least subject to it . By their very office they are brought across ...
... ecclesiastical virtues of the Popes . They are of all men most exposed to the temptation of secu- lar connexions ; and , as history tells us , they have been of all men least subject to it . By their very office they are brought across ...
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... ecclesiastical persons are much more likely to be tempted and overcome , and to which also the Popes are shown in history to be superior . Temporal possessions and natural gifts may be dedicated to the service of religion ; however ...
... ecclesiastical persons are much more likely to be tempted and overcome , and to which also the Popes are shown in history to be superior . Temporal possessions and natural gifts may be dedicated to the service of religion ; however ...
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... ecclesiastical establishment , as such ; -to the seats of its power , to its holy places , its sanctuaries , churches , and palaces , to its various national hierarchies , with their several prescriptions , pri- vileges , and ...
... ecclesiastical establishment , as such ; -to the seats of its power , to its holy places , its sanctuaries , churches , and palaces , to its various national hierarchies , with their several prescriptions , pri- vileges , and ...
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Page 300 - What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe...
Page 9 - Accordingly, in its simple and rudimental form, it is a school of knowledge of every kind, consisting of teachers and learners from every quarter. Many things are requisite to complete and satisfy the idea embodied in this description; but such as this a University seems to be in its essence, a place for the communication and circulation of thought, by means of personal intercourse, through a wide extent of country.
Page 180 - This scene of peace and plenty was suddenly changed into a desert; and the prospect of the smoking ruins could alone distinguish the solitude of nature from the desolation of man.
Page 125 - How charming is divine Philosophy ! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.