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... speak glibly of Buddhism and Brahmanism , for- getting that we are generalizing on the most inti- mate convictions of millions and millions of human souls , divided by half the world and by thousands of years . It may be said that at ...
... speak glibly of Buddhism and Brahmanism , for- getting that we are generalizing on the most inti- mate convictions of millions and millions of human souls , divided by half the world and by thousands of years . It may be said that at ...
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... speaking Zulu . And if we send out our missionaries to every part of the world to face every kind of religion , to shrink from no contest , to be appalled by no objections , we must not give way at home or within our own hearts to any ...
... speaking Zulu . And if we send out our missionaries to every part of the world to face every kind of religion , to shrink from no contest , to be appalled by no objections , we must not give way at home or within our own hearts to any ...
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... speak with authority on such subjects . St. Augustine writes : If the Gentiles also had possibly something divine and true in their doctrines , our Saints did not find fault with it , although for their superstition , idolatry , and ...
... speak with authority on such subjects . St. Augustine writes : If the Gentiles also had possibly something divine and true in their doctrines , our Saints did not find fault with it , although for their superstition , idolatry , and ...
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... speak strongly in favour of the historical character of the three periods of Vedic literature is the uni- formity of style which marks the productions of each . In modern literature , we find , at one and the same time , different ...
... speak strongly in favour of the historical character of the three periods of Vedic literature is the uni- formity of style which marks the productions of each . In modern literature , we find , at one and the same time , different ...
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... speak of their hymns as god - given ( ' devattam , ' Rv . III . 37 , 4 ) . One poets says ( Rv . VI . 47 , 10 ) : ' O god ( Indra ) have mercy , give me my daily bread ! Sharpen my mind , like the edge of iron . Whatever I now may utter ...
... speak of their hymns as god - given ( ' devattam , ' Rv . III . 37 , 4 ) . One poets says ( Rv . VI . 47 , 10 ) : ' O god ( Indra ) have mercy , give me my daily bread ! Sharpen my mind , like the edge of iron . Whatever I now may utter ...
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