The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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Page ix
... have such freedom from any sectarian bias , as the circum- stances of my life have produced in me . It is now more than eight years since I first began this task . Had I foreseen how far my little boat would carry me out PREFACE . ix.
... have such freedom from any sectarian bias , as the circum- stances of my life have produced in me . It is now more than eight years since I first began this task . Had I foreseen how far my little boat would carry me out PREFACE . ix.
Page x
... carry me out to sea , I certainly should not have undertaken the voyage . Unexpected impediments in- terrupted the labour during three years ; but even then my thoughts and my reading were continually directed toward it . I have been ...
... carry me out to sea , I certainly should not have undertaken the voyage . Unexpected impediments in- terrupted the labour during three years ; but even then my thoughts and my reading were continually directed toward it . I have been ...
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... carry him beyond the range of human sympathies ; or it may be that his work as Creator being finished , mortals do not feel the need of his interference . He is represented as in- habiting a magnificent temple , called Dheira , near the ...
... carry him beyond the range of human sympathies ; or it may be that his work as Creator being finished , mortals do not feel the need of his interference . He is represented as in- habiting a magnificent temple , called Dheira , near the ...
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... carry me thither . May Indra give me strength . Mysterious praise to Indra ! May water lead me thither . May water bring me the stream of immor- tality . Mysterious praise to the Waters ! Where they who know the Great One go , through ...
... carry me thither . May Indra give me strength . Mysterious praise to Indra ! May water lead me thither . May water bring me the stream of immor- tality . Mysterious praise to the Waters ! Where they who know the Great One go , through ...
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... carried far from the river which saw its birth , like a bird that flies from the branch where it rested , man ought to free himself from the body ; for thus will he see himself delivered from the devouring monster of this world ...
... carried far from the river which saw its birth , like a bird that flies from the branch where it rested , man ought to free himself from the body ; for thus will he see himself delivered from the devouring monster of this world ...
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