Natural ReligionLongmans, Green, and Company, 1889 - 608 pages |
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... Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion . ' I might have left out what to some of my readers will seem to be mere repetition , but I could not have done so without spoiling the whole plan of my lectures . Nor would it PREFACE.
... Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion . ' I might have left out what to some of my readers will seem to be mere repetition , but I could not have done so without spoiling the whole plan of my lectures . Nor would it PREFACE.
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... — Finland . - Hidatsas in North America . - Growth of language . - Causality . - Objections answered . - Gender . - Dyaus , as a masculine . B 385-410 LECTURE XVI . MYTHOLOGY . Myths . Meaning of mythology TABLE OF CONTENTS . xvii.
... — Finland . - Hidatsas in North America . - Growth of language . - Causality . - Objections answered . - Gender . - Dyaus , as a masculine . B 385-410 LECTURE XVI . MYTHOLOGY . Myths . Meaning of mythology TABLE OF CONTENTS . xvii.
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... growth , and the true purpose of religion , and thus to help in the future towards an honest understanding between those who now stand opposed to each other , the believers and unbelievers , as they are called , unaware that as we all ...
... growth , and the true purpose of religion , and thus to help in the future towards an honest understanding between those who now stand opposed to each other , the believers and unbelievers , as they are called , unaware that as we all ...
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... growth or decay , during the nineteen centuries that Christ's religion has swayed the destinies of the world . Yet the fact remains , that while in all other spheres of human thought , what is new is welcomed , anything new in religion ...
... growth or decay , during the nineteen centuries that Christ's religion has swayed the destinies of the world . Yet the fact remains , that while in all other spheres of human thought , what is new is welcomed , anything new in religion ...
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... growth , or development , or progress ; we do not want mere rest , mere stagnation , mere death . Now , I say once more , the foundation of this lectureship of Natural Theology seems to me a sign of the times , pregnant with meaning ...
... growth , or development , or progress ; we do not want mere rest , mere stagnation , mere death . Now , I say once more , the foundation of this lectureship of Natural Theology seems to me a sign of the times , pregnant with meaning ...
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