Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1898 - 608 pages |
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Page v
... never lost sight of the pole - star that guided my course from the first , and I hope it will be seen by the attentive reader that I have steered throughout towards one beacon with its revolv- ing lights . I wanted to show that with the ...
... never lost sight of the pole - star that guided my course from the first , and I hope it will be seen by the attentive reader that I have steered throughout towards one beacon with its revolv- ing lights . I wanted to show that with the ...
Page vii
... never was a break in the history of the human mind . This silent faith which supported the great thinkers of the last century , has in our time become a reality , and has been con- firmed by the best students in nearly every branch of ...
... never was a break in the history of the human mind . This silent faith which supported the great thinkers of the last century , has in our time become a reality , and has been con- firmed by the best students in nearly every branch of ...
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... never the writers of sacred books . - The Veda originally not written . The Avesta originally not written . - The Tripitaka not Buddha's work . - Confucius , writer , not author , of the Kings . - The Old Testament . - The New Testament ...
... never the writers of sacred books . - The Veda originally not written . The Avesta originally not written . - The Tripitaka not Buddha's work . - Confucius , writer , not author , of the Kings . - The Old Testament . - The New Testament ...
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... never looking at a professional book or paper till it was necessary to begin work on Monday . He had a sepa- rate set of books altogether in his bedroom , amongst which he spent every moment of his spare time during session , and ...
... never looking at a professional book or paper till it was necessary to begin work on Monday . He had a sepa- rate set of books altogether in his bedroom , amongst which he spent every moment of his spare time during session , and ...
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... never seems to have given offence , and those who knew him , little suspected this hard - working lawyer of having his whole soul engrossed by Spinoza's Ethics or the metaphysics of religion . And yet when his Will was opened , the one ...
... never seems to have given offence , and those who knew him , little suspected this hard - working lawyer of having his whole soul engrossed by Spinoza's Ethics or the metaphysics of religion . And yet when his Will was opened , the one ...
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