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... dependent on the researches of men of science for his data , and who , firm in the faith that God will never be disgraced by His works , is not ready to accept all that is truly discovered about these works , in order to understand ...
... dependent on the researches of men of science for his data , and who , firm in the faith that God will never be disgraced by His works , is not ready to accept all that is truly discovered about these works , in order to understand ...
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... dependent , not on the organic evolution of a particular faculty , but on the general state of the soul , on the one hand ; and on the influence of external circumstances - education , example , law , & c . - on the other hand . It is ...
... dependent , not on the organic evolution of a particular faculty , but on the general state of the soul , on the one hand ; and on the influence of external circumstances - education , example , law , & c . - on the other hand . It is ...
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... dependent than it really is on the truth or falsity of some one or other of the many views which have been entertained as to the nature of causa- tion , and the origin of the causal judgment . We are constantly being warned by theists ...
... dependent than it really is on the truth or falsity of some one or other of the many views which have been entertained as to the nature of causa- tion , and the origin of the causal judgment . We are constantly being warned by theists ...
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... dependent nature . It is not long since men had no means of proving that the rocks , for example , were not as old as the earth itself- no direct means of proving even that they were not eternal ; but geological science is now able to ...
... dependent nature . It is not long since men had no means of proving that the rocks , for example , were not as old as the earth itself- no direct means of proving even that they were not eternal ; but geological science is now able to ...
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... dependent on , but is , the will of God , and has no being of any kind apart from the will of God . If so , God's will is not only the cause and controlling power of nature , but its substance , its self . And this view , that what ...
... dependent on , but is , the will of God , and has no being of any kind apart from the will of God . If so , God's will is not only the cause and controlling power of nature , but its substance , its self . And this view , that what ...
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