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... unto itself earlier elements : it mingled the native and the alien into an imposing unity . Not until it has accomplished an epoch - making transition is there associated with it any name of the constructive mind . What preceded the ...
... unto itself earlier elements : it mingled the native and the alien into an imposing unity . Not until it has accomplished an epoch - making transition is there associated with it any name of the constructive mind . What preceded the ...
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... unto themselves , in spite of hierarchies , sanctuaries , and oracles , a portion of the unfeigned homage of the popu- lace . The lament of St. John Chrysostom over the in- veteracy within the recognized church of customs which he calls ...
... unto themselves , in spite of hierarchies , sanctuaries , and oracles , a portion of the unfeigned homage of the popu- lace . The lament of St. John Chrysostom over the in- veteracy within the recognized church of customs which he calls ...
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... unto gods and demons was as obligatory as the offering of any other , to be given as often as opportunity afforded . Gods have sometimes to be appeased . They become angry because they have suffered neglect , they are offended because ...
... unto gods and demons was as obligatory as the offering of any other , to be given as often as opportunity afforded . Gods have sometimes to be appeased . They become angry because they have suffered neglect , they are offended because ...
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... unto the god he had chosen to follow , and then discovered that a ram would be acceptable as a sub- stitute . The story is to explain the transition from one to the other . In the earliest aspects of all religions , even of those that ...
... unto the god he had chosen to follow , and then discovered that a ram would be acceptable as a sub- stitute . The story is to explain the transition from one to the other . In the earliest aspects of all religions , even of those that ...
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... unto whom it made its offerings , and whom it honoured in stately processions . The sacrifice took place , but the lovely Artemis could never have desired that her chaste altar should run with the blood of a king's daughter . Men in an ...
... unto whom it made its offerings , and whom it honoured in stately processions . The sacrifice took place , but the lovely Artemis could never have desired that her chaste altar should run with the blood of a king's daughter . Men in an ...
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Page 157 - For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Page 23 - And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel, that the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year.
Page 12 - For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house.
Page 105 - All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
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