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... history , enormous even in present mass , yet arrested and as it seems henceforth unprogressive in develop- ment ; but the more highly educated world has rejected the ancient belief , and it now only survives in Europe in dwindling ...
... history , enormous even in present mass , yet arrested and as it seems henceforth unprogressive in develop- ment ; but the more highly educated world has rejected the ancient belief , and it now only survives in Europe in dwindling ...
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... history of philo- sophy , the development - theory of organic life in successive stages . An elevation from the vegetable to the lower animal life , and thence onward through the higher animals to man , to say nothing of superhuman ...
... history of philo- sophy , the development - theory of organic life in successive stages . An elevation from the vegetable to the lower animal life , and thence onward through the higher animals to man , to say nothing of superhuman ...
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... history , the hovering ghosts of the dead make the midnight burial - ground a place where men's flesh creeps with terror . Not to discuss here the general subject of the funeral rites of mankind , of which only part of the multifarious ...
... history , the hovering ghosts of the dead make the midnight burial - ground a place where men's flesh creeps with terror . Not to discuss here the general subject of the funeral rites of mankind , of which only part of the multifarious ...
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... history , Confucius had been called on to give an opinion as to the sacrifices to the dead . Maintainer of all ancient rites as he was , he stringently kept up this , " he sacrificed to the dead as if they were present , " but when he ...
... history , Confucius had been called on to give an opinion as to the sacrifices to the dead . Maintainer of all ancient rites as he was , he stringently kept up this , " he sacrificed to the dead as if they were present , " but when he ...
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... history . Ojibwa , the eponymic hero of his North American tribe , as one of his many exploits descended to the subterranean world of departed spirits , and came up again to earth . When the Kamchadals were asked how they knew so well ...
... history . Ojibwa , the eponymic hero of his North American tribe , as one of his many exploits descended to the subterranean world of departed spirits , and came up again to earth . When the Kamchadals were asked how they knew so well ...
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Page 50 - Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men ! 16 For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
Page 38 - To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced.' CHAP. XX. Fan Ch'ih asked what constituted wisdom. The Master said, To give one's self earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.
Page 315 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me ? saith the LORD : I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
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Page 314 - ... an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD. 6 Т And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock ; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
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Page 73 - Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them...