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... tion , the Mosaic system . This system is a mixture of moral and positive commands ; the latter , precise and particular , ruling the customs , the festivals , the worship , the daily food , the dress , the very touch ; the former large ...
... tion , the Mosaic system . This system is a mixture of moral and positive commands ; the latter , precise and particular , ruling the customs , the festivals , the worship , the daily food , the dress , the very touch ; the former large ...
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... tion or a momentary insight and that habit which has become second nature . Every one , also , knows the difference between a tenet maintained by a few intellectual men far in advance of their age , and a belief pervading a whole people ...
... tion or a momentary insight and that habit which has become second nature . Every one , also , knows the difference between a tenet maintained by a few intellectual men far in advance of their age , and a belief pervading a whole people ...
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... tion , his disapproval and dislike are not his own , but borrowed from his society . He can appreciate a character , though he cannot yet appreciate a principle . ( He cannot walk by reason and conscience alone ; 24 The Education of the ...
... tion , his disapproval and dislike are not his own , but borrowed from his society . He can appreciate a character , though he cannot yet appreciate a principle . ( He cannot walk by reason and conscience alone ; 24 The Education of the ...
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... tion at all . They confound the internal consistency of some dream of their brains with the reality of independent truth . They set up theories which have no other evidence than compatibility with the few facts that happen to be known ...
... tion at all . They confound the internal consistency of some dream of their brains with the reality of independent truth . They set up theories which have no other evidence than compatibility with the few facts that happen to be known ...
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... tion has been granted , nor has any other system of religion sprung up spontaneously within the limits which the Church has covered . No prophets have communicated messages from heaven . No infallible inspiration has guided any teacher ...
... tion has been granted , nor has any other system of religion sprung up spontaneously within the limits which the Church has covered . No prophets have communicated messages from heaven . No infallible inspiration has guided any teacher ...
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