Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1892 - 608 pages |
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Page xvi
... told , when he returned from the Parliament House on Saturdays , was to lock the door of his library , and devote himself to his own favourite authors , never looking at a professional book or paper till it was necessary to begin work ...
... told , when he returned from the Parliament House on Saturdays , was to lock the door of his library , and devote himself to his own favourite authors , never looking at a professional book or paper till it was necessary to begin work ...
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... told , when he returned from the Parliament House on Saturdays , was to lock the door of his library , and devote himself to his own favourite authors , never looking at a professional book or paper till it was necessary to begin work ...
... told , when he returned from the Parliament House on Saturdays , was to lock the door of his library , and devote himself to his own favourite authors , never looking at a professional book or paper till it was necessary to begin work ...
Page 45
... told , contrary to the dignity of immortal beings . The physical theology was described by him as beyond the capacity of the vulgar , while he considered the civil theology , the received religion of Rome , as best for a good citizen to ...
... told , contrary to the dignity of immortal beings . The physical theology was described by him as beyond the capacity of the vulgar , while he considered the civil theology , the received religion of Rome , as best for a good citizen to ...
Page 69
... told , gather shortly before sunrise in the highest tree- tops , and salute the rising sun with clamorous shouts . Open Court , 1889 , p . 1458 . 2 Hibbert Lectures , p . 15. We must here remember that knowledge How to account for these ...
... told , gather shortly before sunrise in the highest tree- tops , and salute the rising sun with clamorous shouts . Open Court , 1889 , p . 1458 . 2 Hibbert Lectures , p . 15. We must here remember that knowledge How to account for these ...
Page 74
... told us , not so much what religion has been , as what , according to their view of the development of the human mind , it ought or it ought not to have been . Gruppe . There is one exception , however . In a decidedly learned work ...
... told us , not so much what religion has been , as what , according to their view of the development of the human mind , it ought or it ought not to have been . Gruppe . There is one exception , however . In a decidedly learned work ...
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