The Function of Religion

in Man's Struggle
for Existence

By GEORGE BURMAN FOSTER
Professor of the Philosophy of Religion
in The University of Chicago

Author of

"The Finality of the Christian Religion"

CHICAGO: THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
LONDON: T. FISHER UNWIN, 1 ADELPHI TERRACE

COPYRIGHT 1909 BY
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

Published April 1909
Second Impression June 1909
Third Impression July 1909

Composed and Printed By
The University of Chicago Press
Chicago, Illinois, U. S. A.

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NOV 26 1909

BR •F81

TO MY MOTHER WHO PASSED AWAY BEFORE I COULD KNOW HER, MY DEAR FATHER WHO IS WITH US STILL, AND MY OLD FRIENDS AMONG THE WEST VIRGINIA HILLS WHICH STAND LIKE SENTINELS AROUND MY CHILDHOOD'S HOME, THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS LOVINGLY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR

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