The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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Page viii
... never to exaggerate merits , or conceal defects . I have not declared that any system was true , or that any one was false . I have even avoided the use of the word heathen ; for though harmless in its original signification , it is ...
... never to exaggerate merits , or conceal defects . I have not declared that any system was true , or that any one was false . I have even avoided the use of the word heathen ; for though harmless in its original signification , it is ...
Page ix
... never eventually prove injurious , on any subject . Milton has expressed this conviction with rare eloquence : " Though all the winds of doctrine be let loose to play upon the earth , so Truth be in the field , we do injuriously to ...
... never eventually prove injurious , on any subject . Milton has expressed this conviction with rare eloquence : " Though all the winds of doctrine be let loose to play upon the earth , so Truth be in the field , we do injuriously to ...
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... never misquoted , or misrepresented . I am not aware that any one , who truly reverenced the spirit of Christianity , has ever before tried the experiment of placing it pre- cisely on a level with other religions , so far as the manner ...
... never misquoted , or misrepresented . I am not aware that any one , who truly reverenced the spirit of Christianity , has ever before tried the experiment of placing it pre- cisely on a level with other religions , so far as the manner ...
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... never uttered by a pious Hindoo . None of their traditions represent him as incarnated in any form ; because they believe him to be entirely above human comprehension , and altogether in- capable of the slightest change in his existence ...
... never uttered by a pious Hindoo . None of their traditions represent him as incarnated in any form ; because they believe him to be entirely above human comprehension , and altogether in- capable of the slightest change in his existence ...
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... never described as assuming the form of any of the inferior orders of beings , or as living upon the earth in a visible body . His name is held in exceeding reverence , and none but the Brahmins utter it . They make daily invocations to ...
... never described as assuming the form of any of the inferior orders of beings , or as living upon the earth in a visible body . His name is held in exceeding reverence , and none but the Brahmins utter it . They make daily invocations to ...
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