 | William Paley - 1806 - 502 pages
...jewels in my hands, it would be prudent in me to preserve it for him till he returned. The difference, and the only difference, is this ; that, in the one...the present world ; in the other case we consider what also we shall gain or lose in the world to come. Now, in what, you will ask, does the difference... | |
 | William Edward Hartpole Lecky - 1809 - 532 pages
...acts of prudence, we consider solely what we ourselves shall gain or lose by the act ? The difference, and the only difference, is this : that in the one...what we shall gain or lose in the world to come.' — Paley's Moral Philosophy, ii. 3. " ' Hence we may see the weakness and mistake of those falsely... | |
 | William Paley, William Hamilton Reid - 1810 - 350 pages
...ourselves shall gain or lose by the act. The difference, and the only difference is this ; that in one case we consider what we shall gain or lose in...also what we shall gain or lose in the world to come. Political Reform. . . i. Upon questions of reform, the habit of reflection to be encouraged, is a sober... | |
 | William Paley - 1811 - 412 pages
...acts of prudence, we consider solely what we ourselves shall gain or lose by the act. The difference, and the only difference, is this; that, in the one...also what we shall gain or lose in the world to come. They who would establish a system of morality, independent of a future state, must look out for some... | |
 | William Paley - 1811 - 540 pages
...acts of prudence, we consider solely what we ourselves shall gain or lose by the act ? The difference, and the only difference, is this ; that, in the one...the present world ; in the other case, we consider what we also shall gain or lose in the world to come. They who would establish a system of morality,... | |
 | J. W. Baker - 1817 - 262 pages
...WILL OF GOD OVH, RULE. 89. There is great difference between an act of prudence and an act of duty : in the one case we consider what we shall gain or lose in the present world : in the other what we shall gain or Jose io the world to come. 90. A. system of morality must be dependent on a fu'tire... | |
 | William Paley - 1823 - 476 pages
...and the only difference, is this ; that, ia the one case, we consider what we shall gain or lose ta the present world ; in the other case, we consider...also what we shall gain or lose in the world to come. They who would establish a system of morality, independent of a future state, must look out forsome... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - 472 pages
...acts of prudence, we consider solely what we ourselves shall gain or lose b> the act. The difference, and the only difference, is this ; that, in the one...or lose in the present world ; in the other case, ive consider also what we shall gain or lose in the world to come. They who would establish a system... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - 516 pages
...acts of prudence, we consider solely what we ourselves shall gain or lose by in- act. The difference, and the only difference, is this : that, in the one case, we consider what we alia! '' gain or lose in the present world ; in the other cose, sve consider also what we shall gain... | |
 | 1824 - 288 pages
...prudent to restore a box of jewels intrusted to my care. Q. In what does the difference consist ? A. In the one case we consider what we shall gain or lose in this world ; in the other case, we consider also what we shall gain or lose in the world to come. Q.... | |
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The difference, and the only difference, is this ; that, in the one case, we consider what we shall gain or lose in the present world ; in the other case, we consider also what we shall gain or lose in the world to come. 
