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Trusting in his independent power, he is inclined to champion far too quickly this or that maxim; he strives and labors with energy along the path he has himself chosen; and when at length he becomes conscious of his one-sidedness and his error, he changes just as violently, enters upon another perhaps equally erroneous course, and clings to principles equally faulty.
Had he known that he would have come upon Buonaparte in person, then, naturally, preponderating reasons would have determined him to put off his revenge to another day: but he hoped to revenge himself on Marmont, and instead of gaining the reward of his desire for honourable satisfaction, he suffered the penalty of his erroneous calculation.
This chart was, of course, erroneous in many particulars, since I had to judge the length of the reaches of the river, and the extent of its angles, but I corrected it on the scale of the miles of latitude we made during the day, which brought out an approximate truth at all events.
After these suppositions, as gratuitous as they are erroneous, the fallacy of which we have exposed elsewhere, it has been believed that matter did not always exist, but that its existence, as well as its motion, is a production of time; due to a cause distinguished from itself; to an unknown agent to whom it is subordinate.
More important is it to inspect the stages through which we rise to consciousness, for these are often overlooked. People imagine that they are self- conscious through and through, and that they always have been. They assume that the entire life of a person is the expression of consciousness alone. But this is erroneous. To a large degree we are allied with things.
Delusions to which the Young in particular are exposed Lot's erroneous Choice Sin brings Punishment Advantages of Lot's Wife Her remarkable Deliverance Her Guilt General Causes of Apostacy traced, Fear, Love of the World, Levity of Mind, Pride Doom of Lot's Wife. "Judge not," said our Saviour, "according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment."
Subsequent consideration has convinced the Direction that the statement was in that respect erroneous, and that the transactions of previous years ought not to affect the operations of this, in the way proposed in the statement.
But this act does not permit competition in the purchase of this monopoly. It seems to be predicated on the erroneous idea that the present stockholders have a prescriptive right not only to the favor but to the bounty of Government. It appears that more than a fourth part of the stock is held by foreigners and the residue is held by a few hundred of our own citizens, chiefly of the richest class.
Proposition 50. "It is in vain that we cry to God, My Father, if it is not the Spirit of love that cries." This is described as "pernicious in practice, and offensive to pious ears." Proposition 54. "It is love alone that speaks to God; it is love alone that God hears." This, according to the cardinals, "is scandalous, temerarious, impious, and erroneous."
He swept aside the erroneous theories and conjectures which had previously prevailed, and guided the astronomical inquirer into the right path.
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