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Page viii
... never to leave a dark nook or corner without attempting to sweep away the cobwebs of false learning , and let in the light of real knowledge . Here , too , I owe much to Bunsen's advice , and when last year I saw in Cornwall the large ...
... never to leave a dark nook or corner without attempting to sweep away the cobwebs of false learning , and let in the light of real knowledge . Here , too , I owe much to Bunsen's advice , and when last year I saw in Cornwall the large ...
Page xix
... never rest till he has dis- covered the purpose that runs through the religions of mankind , and till he has reconstructed the true Civitas Dei on foundations as wide as the ends of the world . The Science of Religion may be the last of ...
... never rest till he has dis- covered the purpose that runs through the religions of mankind , and till he has reconstructed the true Civitas Dei on foundations as wide as the ends of the world . The Science of Religion may be the last of ...
Page xxv
... Never shall I forget the deep despondency of a Hindu convert , a real martyr to his faith , who had pictured to him- self from the pages of the New Testament what a Christian country must be , and who when he came to Europe found ...
... Never shall I forget the deep despondency of a Hindu convert , a real martyr to his faith , who had pictured to him- self from the pages of the New Testament what a Christian country must be , and who when he came to Europe found ...
Page xxvii
... never admit . There is a strong feeling , I know , in the minds of all people against any attempt to treat their own religion as a member of a class , and , in one sense , that feeling is perfectly justified . To each individual , his ...
... never admit . There is a strong feeling , I know , in the minds of all people against any attempt to treat their own religion as a member of a class , and , in one sense , that feeling is perfectly justified . To each individual , his ...
Page xxx
... never warm at the sparks of truth that light up , like stars , the dark yet glorious night of the ancient world . They tell us that the world has passed through the phases of religious and metaphysical errors , in order to arrive at the ...
... never warm at the sparks of truth that light up , like stars , the dark yet glorious night of the ancient world . They tell us that the world has passed through the phases of religious and metaphysical errors , in order to arrive at the ...
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