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He concludes that the differences in climate can now be explained by known natural forces.

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They belong to a system so essentially irrational, that all the admitted virtues of many of its agents cannot save it from judgment.

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Far above any flickering light or battle-lantern of party is the everlasting sun of Truth, in whose beams are the duties of men.

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Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.

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The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.

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