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... , per- haps , be held to have done some good ; and one religion might be regarded as better than another , in the sense of doing more good or less evil than another ; but no religion could be conceived of as 4 Theism .
... , per- haps , be held to have done some good ; and one religion might be regarded as better than another , in the sense of doing more good or less evil than another ; but no religion could be conceived of as 4 Theism .
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... better . It is not wholly good only because scientific men in their excursions into the domain of religion are too frequently chargeable with a one - sidedness of view and statement which their scientific educa- tion might have been ...
... better . It is not wholly good only because scientific men in their excursions into the domain of religion are too frequently chargeable with a one - sidedness of view and statement which their scientific educa- tion might have been ...
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... them ? It will be better to begin by assuming only what no one will question - namely , that it is a duty to do to others as we would have others B do to us . When a man errs , it Spirit in which the Subject should be Discussed . 17.
... them ? It will be better to begin by assuming only what no one will question - namely , that it is a duty to do to others as we would have others B do to us . When a man errs , it Spirit in which the Subject should be Discussed . 17.
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... better to be born into the most barbarous pagan society than it would be to be born on a desert island and abandoned to find out a religion for one's self . The individual man left to himself is very weak . He is strong only when he can ...
... better to be born into the most barbarous pagan society than it would be to be born on a desert island and abandoned to find out a religion for one's self . The individual man left to himself is very weak . He is strong only when he can ...
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... better , the man , in a word , who would lay an arrest on the germs of life and truth , and pre- vent them from sprouting and ripening — is the very opposite of genuinely conservative - is the most dangerous of destructives . There is ...
... better , the man , in a word , who would lay an arrest on the germs of life and truth , and pre- vent them from sprouting and ripening — is the very opposite of genuinely conservative - is the most dangerous of destructives . There is ...
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Page 176 - When he established the clouds above : When he strengthened the fountains of the deep : When he gave to the sea his decree, That the waters should not pass his commandment: When he appointed the foundations of the earth : 235 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him : And I was daily his delight, Rejoicing always before him ; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth ; And my delights were with the sons of men.
Page 414 - With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Page 312 - O May I Join The Choir Invisible! O may I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence...
Page 227 - He, that has light within his own clear breast, May sit in the centre, and enjoy bright day: But he, that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun; Himself is his own dungeon.