The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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Page iii
... gives the realm of TRUTH Into the selfish rule of one sole race : Therefore , each form of worship that hath swayed The life of man , and given it to grasp The master - key of knowledge , REVERENCE , Enfolds some germs of goodness and ...
... gives the realm of TRUTH Into the selfish rule of one sole race : Therefore , each form of worship that hath swayed The life of man , and given it to grasp The master - key of knowledge , REVERENCE , Enfolds some germs of goodness and ...
Page vii
... give a concise and comprehensive account of religions , in the liberal spirit of the motto on my title page . The pe- riod embraced in my plan extends from the most ancient Hindoo re- cords , to the complete establishment of the ...
... give a concise and comprehensive account of religions , in the liberal spirit of the motto on my title page . The pe- riod embraced in my plan extends from the most ancient Hindoo re- cords , to the complete establishment of the ...
Page viii
... give , or take away . But I have been oppressed with anxiety , lest I should not perform the important task I had undertaken in the right spirit and the most ju- dicious manner . I have conscientiously tried to do it with great care ...
... give , or take away . But I have been oppressed with anxiety , lest I should not perform the important task I had undertaken in the right spirit and the most ju- dicious manner . I have conscientiously tried to do it with great care ...
Page 23
... give up every species of property , sleep on the ground , and annihilate his body by such self - torments as ingenuity can devise . By this process he may finally at- tain absorption into The Divine Soul , which is the great object of ...
... give up every species of property , sleep on the ground , and annihilate his body by such self - torments as ingenuity can devise . By this process he may finally at- tain absorption into The Divine Soul , which is the great object of ...
Page 30
... gives the following paraphrase as expressive of the meaning it conveys to a devout Hindoo : " What the sun and light are to this visible world , the Supreme good and truth are to the intellectual and invisible universe ; and as our ...
... gives the following paraphrase as expressive of the meaning it conveys to a devout Hindoo : " What the sun and light are to this visible world , the Supreme good and truth are to the intellectual and invisible universe ; and as our ...
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