...and sometimes Pelion upon Ossa, are not unlike those whom Milton describes— • . : '* Who reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate,...Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. 1 ' Thus it is that the decisions of one age and one day differ...

...sometimes Pelion upon Ossa, are not unlike those whom Milton describee — . • . I " Who reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate....Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost." Thus it is that the decisions of one age and one day differ...

...which, without oneexception, happen to be metaphysical, must and will victoriously return upon us. " Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate, Fixed Fate, Free Will, Foreknowledge Absolute," the ruined angels of Milton (Par. Lost, b. ii.) converse, as of the highest themes which could occupy...

...felon and his spiritual adviser, who " reason high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate ; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; And find no end, in wandering mazes lost" Additional evidence of the foreign authorship of the " Predestinated Thief" we have in the fact, that...

...angels fallen," who, apart from their more active fellows, " sat on a hill retired," " and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fixed fate, free will foreknowledge absolute. And found no end in wandering mazes lost. * * * * Vain wisdom all and false philosophy." These schools...

...: ' Of things abstruse they reason'd high, ' Of Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, ' Fix?d fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, ' And find no end, in wandering mazes lost.' Leave these barren disquisitions to the theologians of that school. Apply yourselves with the whole...

...song charms the sense,) Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate...Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ; And found no end, in wandering mazes lost. Of good and evil much they argued then, 562 Of happiness and...

...nion was allowed by the church of Rome, must be reckoned those abstruse and inexplicable questions, Of Providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate. Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute : questions on which speculation too frequently ends in distraction and scepticism ; and discussion,...

...many wise heads have been shaken in the drawing-room, the library, and the college, at the mention of " Providence, foreknowledge, will and fate, Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute ;" and many an allusion to the diabolic nature of such inquiries has alarmed and perplexed the young reasoner....

...which, without one exception, happen to be metaphysical, must and will victoriously return upon us. " Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate, Fixed Fate, Free Will, Foreknowledge Absolute," the ruined angels of Milton (Par. Lost, b. ii.) converse, as of the highest themes which could occupy...