From "The Duty of the American Scholar."


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Let us, then, go straight forward to our duty, taking heed of nothing
but the right. In this wise shall we build a work in accord with the
will of Him who is daily fashioning the world to a higher destiny; a
work resting at no point upon wrong or injustice, but everywhere
reposing upon truth and justice; a work which all mankind will be
interested in preserving in every age, since it will insure the
increasing glory and well-being of mankind through all ages. IGNATIUS
DONNELLY.

From "Reconstruction."

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We are not only to do some things, but we are to do all things, and we
are to continue so to do, so that the least deviation from the moral
law, according to the covenant of works, whether in thought, word, or
deed, deserves eternal death at the hand of God. And if one evil
thought, if one evil word, if one evil action deserves eternal
damnation, how many hells, my friends, do every one of us deserve whose
lives have been one continued rebellion against God! Before ever,
therefore, you can speak peace to your hearts, you must be brought to
see, brought to believe, what a dreadful thing it is to depart from the
living God. GEORGE WHITEFIELD.

From Sermon, "On the Method of Grace."