Natural Religion: The Gifford Lectures Delivered Before the University of Glasgow in 1888Longmans, Green, 1898 - 608 pages |
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Page vi
... proved to exist in the historical growth of the human mind quite as clearly as in any of the realms of objective nature which Darwin chose for the special field of his brilliant labours . Language , mythology , religion , nay even ...
... proved to exist in the historical growth of the human mind quite as clearly as in any of the realms of objective nature which Darwin chose for the special field of his brilliant labours . Language , mythology , religion , nay even ...
Page xvii
... proved to be the work of man , does not detract from , it only adds to the dignity of language , for the Logos which has been discovered as both hidden and revealed in b speech , has been recognised as being in very truth PREFACE TO ...
... proved to be the work of man , does not detract from , it only adds to the dignity of language , for the Logos which has been discovered as both hidden and revealed in b speech , has been recognised as being in very truth PREFACE TO ...
Page xix
... proved no loss to the present or to the last century ; and if the veil has as yet been but little withdrawn from the Holy of Holies , those who come after us will have learnt at least this one lesson , that this lifting of the veil ...
... proved no loss to the present or to the last century ; and if the veil has as yet been but little withdrawn from the Holy of Holies , those who come after us will have learnt at least this one lesson , that this lifting of the veil ...
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... proved , is neither true nor honest . And to use such an argument in this place would be disloyal to the memory of the Founder of this lectureship , who wished religion to be treated ' without reference to or reliance upon any supposed ...
... proved , is neither true nor honest . And to use such an argument in this place would be disloyal to the memory of the Founder of this lectureship , who wished religion to be treated ' without reference to or reliance upon any supposed ...
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... of no denomination at all ; they may be of any religion or of no religion at all ; they may be so- called sceptics or freethinkers , so long as they have proved themselves sincere lovers of and earnest in- quirers after 14 LECTURE I.
... of no denomination at all ; they may be of any religion or of no religion at all ; they may be so- called sceptics or freethinkers , so long as they have proved themselves sincere lovers of and earnest in- quirers after 14 LECTURE I.
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