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... truly when he de- clared that the harmony between things spiritual and things material was " pre - ordained . " And just as this Divinely - ordained harmony is in- creasingly recognised , we see more and more clearly and fully that ...
... truly when he de- clared that the harmony between things spiritual and things material was " pre - ordained . " And just as this Divinely - ordained harmony is in- creasingly recognised , we see more and more clearly and fully that ...
Page x
... truly devout souls may wonder , worship , and adore . As Emerson truly says , " By degrees we may come to know the primitive sense of the perma- nent objects of Nature , so that the world shall be to us an open book , and every form ...
... truly devout souls may wonder , worship , and adore . As Emerson truly says , " By degrees we may come to know the primitive sense of the perma- nent objects of Nature , so that the world shall be to us an open book , and every form ...
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... truly scientific in its construction nor satisfying in its conclusions . While despising the faith of the Christian , those who hold this theory fondly cherish a faith of their own , a faith which has no manifest foundation , either in ...
... truly scientific in its construction nor satisfying in its conclusions . While despising the faith of the Christian , those who hold this theory fondly cherish a faith of their own , a faith which has no manifest foundation , either in ...
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... truly says in his First Principles , p . 31 , " The assertion that the universe is self - existent does not really carry us beyond the cognition of its present existence , and so leaves us with a mere restatement of the mystery . " Life ...
... truly says in his First Principles , p . 31 , " The assertion that the universe is self - existent does not really carry us beyond the cognition of its present existence , and so leaves us with a mere restatement of the mystery . " Life ...
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... truly in his Ascent of Man , p . 429 , " Evolution is not progress in matter ; matter cannot pro- gress . It is a progress in spirit , in that which is limitless , in that which is at once most human , most rational and most Divine ...
... truly in his Ascent of Man , p . 429 , " Evolution is not progress in matter ; matter cannot pro- gress . It is a progress in spirit , in that which is limitless , in that which is at once most human , most rational and most Divine ...
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