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... divine consummation of God's will - threatened to collapse . Viewed through the new glasses of science , man shrank in size : in terms of astronomical quantities the human race counted for little more than an ephemeral swarm of midges ...
... divine consummation of God's will - threatened to collapse . Viewed through the new glasses of science , man shrank in size : in terms of astronomical quantities the human race counted for little more than an ephemeral swarm of midges ...
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... divine ends ; and its ideal consummation , if not re- version to the Golden Age , was that of an equally static future in Heaven -a future not to be enjoyed by the whole community , since it also in- cluded for the wicked the ...
... divine ends ; and its ideal consummation , if not re- version to the Golden Age , was that of an equally static future in Heaven -a future not to be enjoyed by the whole community , since it also in- cluded for the wicked the ...
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... Divine Organizer , ' 419 Divine revelation , scientific reaction against , 60 Divine right , state rule by , 246 Divine salvation , 424 Divine worship , new ritual of , 247 Divinity , as climax of evolution , 391 ; Pharaoh's claim to ...
... Divine Organizer , ' 419 Divine revelation , scientific reaction against , 60 Divine right , state rule by , 246 Divine salvation , 424 Divine worship , new ritual of , 247 Divinity , as climax of evolution , 391 ; Pharaoh's claim to ...
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NEW EXPLORATIONS NEW WORLDS | 3 |
RETURN OF THE SUN GOD | 28 |
THE MECHANIZED WORLD PICTURE | 51 |
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