This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xliv. what it means. he utter impossibility of conveying Knowledge, A which is to know God. The limit of conveyance or correspondence between man and man, is relatively, by the comparison of objects, which introduces language however crude, yet the very essence of communication, the cardinal ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xliv. what it means. he utter impossibility of conveying Knowledge, A which is to know God. The limit of conveyance or correspondence between man and man, is relatively, by the comparison of objects, which introduces language however crude, yet the very essence of communication, the cardinal principle of which, being as positive and intrinsic as the presence of man on earth. The only literal proof that the imperfection of written language will permit, is the perfection of the babe "in the image of God," to dispute which man never committed a greater sin, equivalent to denying his own presence and the power of God to reveal knowledge direct to every being "in the image of God." Evil requires no accounting for, as it is too conspicuous and visible to be included in the indivisibility of Knowledge, other than its empirical personality to which every being possesses a clear title, by reason of the "breath of life." Man was compelled to be active previous to having any choice of methods. The unconscious activity established a contact that developed a consciousness of his own existence. It was so satisfactory and such a perfect success, that he no sooner discovered he had a will of his own, than he commenced to develop greed. He also dveloped a commanding disposition, and also one of tranquility which was neutralized by responsibility, when a moral sense was touched to counteract his greed. The converse relation between polity and education, has been a continual dispute that corresponds with the necessity of activity, but the moral regulation, akin to the sense of responsibility, would not permit of the destruction of the human race from the enthusiasm of any single person. Every method that ingenuity could suggest has been employed to...
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