Lay Sermons, Addresses, and ReviewsMacmillan and Company, 1870 - 378 páginas |
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... volume would look like a grand lodge in front of a set of cottages ; while a complete defence of any of my old papers would simply amount to writing a new one - a labour for which I am , at present , by no means fit . The book must go ...
... volume would look like a grand lodge in front of a set of cottages ; while a complete defence of any of my old papers would simply amount to writing a new one - a labour for which I am , at present , by no means fit . The book must go ...
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... volumes as bulky as the Transactions of the Royal Society might possibly be filled with the subtle speculations of the schoolmen ; not improbably , the obtaining a mastery over the products of mediæval thought might necessitate an even ...
... volumes as bulky as the Transactions of the Royal Society might possibly be filled with the subtle speculations of the schoolmen ; not improbably , the obtaining a mastery over the products of mediæval thought might necessitate an even ...
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... volumes for the general identity of that substance in all living beings . I share this catholicity of assimilation with other animals , all of which , so far as we know , could thrive equally well on the protoplasm of any of their ...
... volumes for the general identity of that substance in all living beings . I share this catholicity of assimilation with other animals , all of which , so far as we know , could thrive equally well on the protoplasm of any of their ...
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... volume of Divinity , or school metaphysics , for instance , let us ask , Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number ? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence ? No ...
... volume of Divinity , or school metaphysics , for instance , let us ask , Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number ? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence ? No ...
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... volumes as a mine of wisdom , and lent them to me that I might dig and be rich . After due perusal , I found myself in a position to echo my friend's words , though I may have laid more stress on the " mine " than on the " wisdom ...
... volumes as a mine of wisdom , and lent them to me that I might dig and be rich . After due perusal , I found myself in a position to echo my friend's words , though I may have laid more stress on the " mine " than on the " wisdom ...
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