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a worthy theological system must be derived from biblical propositions, and not from a non-verbal basis such as religious feelings and experiences, or irrational constructions such as scientific theories.[5]

Both systematic and biblical theology are "biblical" in the sense that both of them are derived from and faithful to the content of the Bible.

As for the charge that the doctrine of predestination encourages licentiousness, there must be something wrong – something depraved and sinister – in those who make this objection.

Love is a summary of the moral laws, not a replacement. Therefore, since we are commanded to walk in love, the moral laws are still in full effect.

Scripture teaches human responsibility, not human freedom, and responsibility does not presuppose freedom.

the Bible declares, "All have turned away, they have together become worthless; there is no one who does good, not even one" (Romans 3:12).

Non-Christian worldviews are futile because, being foolish, they cannot discover the highest good; moreover, they fail to attain even their own designated ends.

The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.

I, for my part, am always glad that I have read the Bible more carefully than many people do nowadays, just because it gives me some peace of mind to know that there used to be such lofty ideals.

I am in the middle of reading Balzac, César Birotteau. I will send it to you when I have finished it - I think I shall read the whole of Balzac again.

I have just read La Dame aux Camelias by Dumas. It is very good. Do you know it?

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organisations, places and events are either the product of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

Had I a hundred tongues, a hundred mouths, a voice of iron and a chest of brass, I could not tell all the forms of crime, could not name all the types of punishment.

A woman is always a fickle, unstable thing.

O fatherland, O Ilium home of the gods, O Troy walls famed in battle!

Ah Corydon, Corydon, what madness has caught you?

His limbs were cold in death; his spirit fled with a groan, indignant, to the shades below.

Sweet Parthenope nourished me, flourishing in studies of ignoble ease.

The gates of hell are open, night and day; smooth the descent, and easy the way.

Amor vincit omnia, et nos cedamus amori. Love conquers all things, so we too shall yield to love.

She nourishes the poison in her veins and is consumed by a secret fire.

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When before, through all the centuries of this island's history, has such a theme matched such a pen?' commented the Spectator.