The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages : in Three Volumes, Volume 1C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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... , 431 to 438 ; 449. Solomon , 431 to 440. Kingdoms of Israel and Judah , 440. Book of the Law , 447. The Kings after Solomon , 440 to 449. Exile to Babylon , 449 . PREFACE . I WOULD candidly advise persons who are conscious vi CONTENTS .
... , 431 to 438 ; 449. Solomon , 431 to 440. Kingdoms of Israel and Judah , 440. Book of the Law , 447. The Kings after Solomon , 440 to 449. Exile to Babylon , 449 . PREFACE . I WOULD candidly advise persons who are conscious vi CONTENTS .
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... persons who are conscious of bigoted attach- ment to any creed , or theory , not to purchase this book . Whether they are bigoted Christians , or bigoted infidels , its tone will be likely to displease them . My motive in writing has ...
... persons who are conscious of bigoted attach- ment to any creed , or theory , not to purchase this book . Whether they are bigoted Christians , or bigoted infidels , its tone will be likely to displease them . My motive in writing has ...
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... person could have performed the task far better , in many respects ; but on some accounts , my want of learning is an advantage . Thoughts do not range so freely , when the store - room of the brain is overloaded with furniture . In the ...
... person could have performed the task far better , in many respects ; but on some accounts , my want of learning is an advantage . Thoughts do not range so freely , when the store - room of the brain is overloaded with furniture . In the ...
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... person what I should say , or how I should say it . My natural love of freedom resisted such procedure ; and foresee- ing that I might incur unpopularity , I was unwilling to implicate others . I have , therefore , merely stated to ...
... person what I should say , or how I should say it . My natural love of freedom resisted such procedure ; and foresee- ing that I might incur unpopularity , I was unwilling to implicate others . I have , therefore , merely stated to ...
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... person thus de . voted to God is esteemed the most perfect among the adorers of the Divinity . " " To know that God is , and that all is God , this is the substance of the Vedas . When one attains to this , there is no more need of ...
... person thus de . voted to God is esteemed the most perfect among the adorers of the Divinity . " " To know that God is , and that all is God , this is the substance of the Vedas . When one attains to this , there is no more need of ...
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