The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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... feet high . They were too innocent to have need of government , and so unselfish that all the goods of life were equally distributed . " Delightful times ! because Nature then reigned , and Nature's laws ; And this grand truth from none ...
... feet high . They were too innocent to have need of government , and so unselfish that all the goods of life were equally distributed . " Delightful times ! because Nature then reigned , and Nature's laws ; And this grand truth from none ...
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... feet , drank a portion of the water , and poured the remainder on his head . Joining his hands upon his forehead , he made a profound obeisance , and thus addressed them : - ' The happiness I this day enjoy can only be in reward for ...
... feet , drank a portion of the water , and poured the remainder on his head . Joining his hands upon his forehead , he made a profound obeisance , and thus addressed them : - ' The happiness I this day enjoy can only be in reward for ...
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... thighs , to sup- ply the necessities of human life by agriculture and com- merce . The fourth are Soodras , from his feet , to serve as mechanics and labourers . Numerous inferior classes have sprung up HINDOSTAN , OR INDIA . 19.
... thighs , to sup- ply the necessities of human life by agriculture and com- merce . The fourth are Soodras , from his feet , to serve as mechanics and labourers . Numerous inferior classes have sprung up HINDOSTAN , OR INDIA . 19.
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... feet , space is his ears , air is his breath , the Ve- das are his speech , and the visible creation is his intellect ; for he is The Soul of the Universe . " " He by whom the birth , the existence , and the annihi- lation of the world ...
... feet , space is his ears , air is his breath , the Ve- das are his speech , and the visible creation is his intellect ; for he is The Soul of the Universe . " " He by whom the birth , the existence , and the annihi- lation of the world ...
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... feet of a deity , whose perfect benevolence has been extended to all , when , to our amazement , thou hast shown thyself in bodies , not indeed existing in reality , but successively ex- hibited . ' " The Lord of the Universe , loving ...
... feet of a deity , whose perfect benevolence has been extended to all , when , to our amazement , thou hast shown thyself in bodies , not indeed existing in reality , but successively ex- hibited . ' " The Lord of the Universe , loving ...
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