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... actions of men ; in their tendency to extend themselves by conversion of unbelief ; and in their power of assimilating healthfully the altered conditions of advancing civilization . This power , if shown to arise from principles ...
... actions of men ; in their tendency to extend themselves by conversion of unbelief ; and in their power of assimilating healthfully the altered conditions of advancing civilization . This power , if shown to arise from principles ...
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... actions of men are governed not by dogmas , and text - books , and rubrics , but by the opinions and habits of their contemporaries , by the general spirit of their age , and by the character of those classes who are in the ascendant ...
... actions of men are governed not by dogmas , and text - books , and rubrics , but by the opinions and habits of their contemporaries , by the general spirit of their age , and by the character of those classes who are in the ascendant ...
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... action . The flexibility and power of self - accommodation essential to a religion destined for perpetuity are thus secured . In this manner , also , fundamental departures from the pure spirit of pristine Christianity have ever ...
... action . The flexibility and power of self - accommodation essential to a religion destined for perpetuity are thus secured . In this manner , also , fundamental departures from the pure spirit of pristine Christianity have ever ...
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... action . " Every religion , " says a distinguished living philosopher , " " may be de- fined as an a priori theory of the universe . " " Every perfect religion , " writes another careful and precise thinker , " " must give account of ...
... action . " Every religion , " says a distinguished living philosopher , " " may be de- fined as an a priori theory of the universe . " " Every perfect religion , " writes another careful and precise thinker , " " must give account of ...
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... action is now discussed , and the grounds on which it is not uncommonly set aside . Rele- gated on its metaphysical side ' to the limbo of un- fruitful disputations , it is approached and decided by physical considerations , as a ...
... action is now discussed , and the grounds on which it is not uncommonly set aside . Rele- gated on its metaphysical side ' to the limbo of un- fruitful disputations , it is approached and decided by physical considerations , as a ...
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