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... us by the great philosopher lately departed , wherein the yet formless
questionings , the “ ghastliest doubts ” of thousands of souls have taken shape ,
and will stand revealed to themselves like the Afreet out of the smoke
INTRODUCTION .
... us by the great philosopher lately departed , wherein the yet formless
questionings , the “ ghastliest doubts ” of thousands of souls have taken shape ,
and will stand revealed to themselves like the Afreet out of the smoke
INTRODUCTION .
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Much of the scepticism of the present day — so grave , so regretful , combined so
often with the noblest philanthropy — is beyond a doubt the result of nothing else
than the rapid growth of tenderer sentiments of compassion for unmerited ...
Much of the scepticism of the present day — so grave , so regretful , combined so
often with the noblest philanthropy — is beyond a doubt the result of nothing else
than the rapid growth of tenderer sentiments of compassion for unmerited ...
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... it will no doubt for some time to come hold considerable place in men ' s
thoughts , and also because it very importantly touches the. * It is evident from his
biographies that in his earlier years Theodore Parker was very deeply impressed
by ...
... it will no doubt for some time to come hold considerable place in men ' s
thoughts , and also because it very importantly touches the. * It is evident from his
biographies that in his earlier years Theodore Parker was very deeply impressed
by ...
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30 ) , and even His own immortality open to doubt ( p . 243 ) , it is idle to argue
any further concerning His goodness , for He may be sincerely desirous of giving
to us eternal joy hereafter , and yet fail to do so as completely as He has failed to
...
30 ) , and even His own immortality open to doubt ( p . 243 ) , it is idle to argue
any further concerning His goodness , for He may be sincerely desirous of giving
to us eternal joy hereafter , and yet fail to do so as completely as He has failed to
...
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George Cox . * It would , however , no doubt require a somewhat voluminous
treatise dedicated to the purpose to establish thoroughly the principle for which I
contend . Secondly , I must ask ( albeit I scarcely expect to receive ) condonation
for ...
George Cox . * It would , however , no doubt require a somewhat voluminous
treatise dedicated to the purpose to establish thoroughly the principle for which I
contend . Secondly , I must ask ( albeit I scarcely expect to receive ) condonation
for ...
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Page 18 - Archbishop King, at the conclusion of his celebrated Treatise — containing some valuable observations and some singularly naif examples of the circular mode of argument — sums up his conclusions with much complacency thus : " The difficult question then, ' Whence came evil ?' is not unanswerable. It arises from the very nature and constitution of created beings, and could not be avoided without a contradiction.
Page 134 - God/ How should we rejoice in the prospect, the certainty rather, of spending a blissful eternity with those whom we loved on earth, of seeing them emerge from the ruins of the tomb, and the deeper ruins of the fall, not only uninjured, but refined, and perfected, with every tear wiped from their eyes...
Page 51 - Calmly he looked on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thanked Heaven that he had lived, and that he died.
Page 212 - Russell regarding a society for the prevention of cruelty to animals and his answer that "such an association could not be sanctioned by the Holy See, being founded on a theological error, to wit, that Christians owed any duties to animals," see Frances Power Cobbe, Hopes of the Human Race, p.
Page 181 - Pity is not natural to man. Children are always cruel. Savages are always cruel. Pity is acquired and improved by the cultivation of reason.
Page 177 - Hunt expressed his surprise to the young man, and asked how he could deceive him so much by saying his mother was dead, when she was alive and well. He said, in reply, that they had made her deathfeast, and were now going to bury her; that...
Page 39 - But when no claim is set up to any peculiar gift, but we are told that all of us are as capable as the prophet of seeing what he sees, feeling what he feels, nay, that we actually do so, and when the utmost effort of which we are capable fails to make us aware of what we are told we perceive, this supposed universal faculty of intuition is but " The dark lantern of the Spirit Which none see by but those who bear it...
Page 219 - You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you?
Page 34 - God therefore animated that machine which furnishes out provision for the more perfect animals ; which was both graciously and providently done; for by this means he gained so much life to the world as there is in those animals which are food for others ; by this means they themselves enjoy some kind of life, and are of service also to the rest.
Page 36 - How little of ourselves we know Before a grief the heart has felt ; The lessons that we learn of woe May brace the mind, as well as melt. The energies too stern for mirth, The reach of thought, the strength of will, Mid cloud and tempest have their birth, Through blight and blast their course fulfil...
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| Title | The Hopes of the Human Race: Hereafter and Here: Essays on the Life After Death: with an Introduction Having Special Reference to Mr. Mill's Essay on Religion |
| Author | Frances Power Cobbe |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | Williams and Norgate, 1880 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 15 Apr 2008 |
| Length | 221 pages |
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