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... intelligence in which that order has its source ? Or , is this not to represent every science as leading us into a darkness far greater than any from which it has delivered us ? Granting that no religious theory of the world can be ...
... intelligence in which that order has its source ? Or , is this not to represent every science as leading us into a darkness far greater than any from which it has delivered us ? Granting that no religious theory of the world can be ...
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... Intelligence and Will ; and the few who can believe it , have assuredly no right , simply on the ground of such ability , to assume that they are less credulous , freer thinkers , than others . The disbelief of the atheist must ever ...
... Intelligence and Will ; and the few who can believe it , have assuredly no right , simply on the ground of such ability , to assume that they are less credulous , freer thinkers , than others . The disbelief of the atheist must ever ...
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... intelligence . It denies even that we ourselves are truly persons . It represents our consciousness of freedom and sense of responsibility as illusions . God , according to pantheism , alone is . All individual existences are merely His ...
... intelligence . It denies even that we ourselves are truly persons . It represents our consciousness of freedom and sense of responsibility as illusions . God , according to pantheism , alone is . All individual existences are merely His ...
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... intelligence or wisdom are not really so , and yet the universe may teem with the mani- festations of these attributes . Faith in the right- eousness and moral government of God must be able to look over and to look beyond many things ...
... intelligence or wisdom are not really so , and yet the universe may teem with the mani- festations of these attributes . Faith in the right- eousness and moral government of God must be able to look over and to look beyond many things ...
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... intelligence must be combined with the evidences of power before we can be war . ranted to infer more from the facts of the universe than the existence of an ultimate force ; and no mere force , however great or wonderful , is worthy to ...
... intelligence must be combined with the evidences of power before we can be war . ranted to infer more from the facts of the universe than the existence of an ultimate force ; and no mere force , however great or wonderful , is worthy to ...
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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.