Natural ReligionLongmans, Green, and Company, 1889 - 608 pages |
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... once more , the foundation of this lectureship of Natural Theology seems to me a sign of the times , pregnant with meaning . Lord Gifford , intelligent observer of the world as he was , must have been struck with the immense advances ...
... once more , the foundation of this lectureship of Natural Theology seems to me a sign of the times , pregnant with meaning . Lord Gifford , intelligent observer of the world as he was , must have been struck with the immense advances ...
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... once clearly understand what we mean by the natural and what by the historical sciences , we shall quickly understand each other ; or , if we differ still , we may at all events agree to differ . Without it , all wrangling pro or con is ...
... once clearly understand what we mean by the natural and what by the historical sciences , we shall quickly understand each other ; or , if we differ still , we may at all events agree to differ . Without it , all wrangling pro or con is ...
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... once to my friends at Edinburgh , Glasgow , and St. Andrews , that I could not become a candidate . It so happened that I was informed at the same time that my own University might again require my services , and I felt very strongly ...
... once to my friends at Edinburgh , Glasgow , and St. Andrews , that I could not become a candidate . It so happened that I was informed at the same time that my own University might again require my services , and I felt very strongly ...
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... once said Yes , I must con- fess it was to me like the beginning of a new life . Some of the work on which I was engaged had to be thrown overboard ; but I had now an opportunity , and a splendid opportunity , for summing up the whole ...
... once said Yes , I must con- fess it was to me like the beginning of a new life . Some of the work on which I was engaged had to be thrown overboard ; but I had now an opportunity , and a splendid opportunity , for summing up the whole ...
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... once for all , generally by the old logical method of settling their genus and their specific difference , in what exact sense they ought to be em- ployed in future . Let us now see how these three kinds of definition have been applied ...
... once for all , generally by the old logical method of settling their genus and their specific difference , in what exact sense they ought to be em- ployed in future . Let us now see how these three kinds of definition have been applied ...
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Page 111 - All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel follows the foot of the ox that draws the carriage.
Page 145 - to express the Infinite ; not the Infinite as the result of a long process of abstract reasoning, but the visible Infinite, visible by the naked eye, the endless expanse beyond the earth, beyond the clouds, beyond the sky. That was called A-diti, the un-bound, the unbounded ; one might almost say, but for fear of misunderstandings,
Page 2 - of men conceal'd Their thoughts, for fear that, if reveal'd. They would by other men be met With blank indifference, or with blame reprov'd : I knew they lived and mov'd Trick'd in disguises, alien to the rest Of men, and alien to themselves.
Page 609 - 6d, . . , The earliest philosophical and religious poem of India, It has been paraphrased in Arnold's 'Song Celestial! VOL. X. The Dhammapada, Translated from Pali by F. MAX MULLER; and The Sutta-Nipata, Translated from Pali by V. FAUSBOLL ; being Canonical Books of the Buddhists. 8vo., cloth,
Page 531 - Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country ; for I am the Lord your God V