Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1892 - 608 pages |
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Page v
... present these lectures to the public at large , if not exactly as I delivered them , at least as I had prepared them for delivery . I was under the impression that , according to Lord Gifford's Will , each course was to consist of not ...
... present these lectures to the public at large , if not exactly as I delivered them , at least as I had prepared them for delivery . I was under the impression that , according to Lord Gifford's Will , each course was to consist of not ...
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... present see or anticipate , there will be a large ' residue ' of my means and estate in the sense in which I have above explained the word , being that which remains after fulfilling the above ten purposes , and being of opinion that I ...
... present see or anticipate , there will be a large ' residue ' of my means and estate in the sense in which I have above explained the word , being that which remains after fulfilling the above ten purposes , and being of opinion that I ...
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... present , as ultimate facts . In tracing the upward growth of words we arrive at a stage where we can clearly see the branching off of a large number of meanings , springing from the same stem . And among these earliest ramifications we ...
... present , as ultimate facts . In tracing the upward growth of words we arrive at a stage where we can clearly see the branching off of a large number of meanings , springing from the same stem . And among these earliest ramifications we ...
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... present state of Vedic scholarship will readily understand . The accumulation of material was too great for a single and no longer a young scholar . The one scholar in Germany who by his lexicographic labours would seem to have been ...
... present state of Vedic scholarship will readily understand . The accumulation of material was too great for a single and no longer a young scholar . The one scholar in Germany who by his lexicographic labours would seem to have been ...
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... present I only wished to show what is the red thread which holds my literary work together , and to explain to you why , when I received the invitation to lecture on Natural Theology in this University , I felt that , if life and health ...
... present I only wished to show what is the red thread which holds my literary work together , and to explain to you why , when I received the invitation to lecture on Natural Theology in this University , I felt that , if life and health ...
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