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... called after Daphne , the lover of Apollo , was much of the same kind as that which led the Quakers to refuse to speak of Tuesday or Wed- nesday , lest they should recognise the gods Tuesco or Woden . On the other hand , the ...
... called after Daphne , the lover of Apollo , was much of the same kind as that which led the Quakers to refuse to speak of Tuesday or Wed- nesday , lest they should recognise the gods Tuesco or Woden . On the other hand , the ...
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... called , do undoubtedly display many features of great and genuine excellence . In active benevolence , in the spirit of reverence , in loyalty , in co - operative habits , they far transcend the noblest ages of Pagan antiquity , while ...
... called , do undoubtedly display many features of great and genuine excellence . In active benevolence , in the spirit of reverence , in loyalty , in co - operative habits , they far transcend the noblest ages of Pagan antiquity , while ...
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... called ' brutal , ' and of what things should be called ' fantastic , ' agree in believing human- ity to be better than cruelty , and in attaching a definite condemnation to acts that fall below the standard of their country and their ...
... called ' brutal , ' and of what things should be called ' fantastic , ' agree in believing human- ity to be better than cruelty , and in attaching a definite condemnation to acts that fall below the standard of their country and their ...
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... called into existence , and if he does not , to expose or slay it . In nations that have passed out of the stage of barbarism , but are still rude and simple in their habits , the practice of infanticide is usually rare ; but , unlike ...
... called into existence , and if he does not , to expose or slay it . In nations that have passed out of the stage of barbarism , but are still rude and simple in their habits , the practice of infanticide is usually rare ; but , unlike ...
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... called by the name of the Holy Ghost , and devoted to the protection and education of children ; and this society in the two following centuries ramified over a great part of Europe.2 Though principally and at first , perhaps ...
... called by the name of the Holy Ghost , and devoted to the protection and education of children ; and this society in the two following centuries ramified over a great part of Europe.2 Though principally and at first , perhaps ...
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