Ancient Faiths and Modern: A Dissertation Upon Worships, Legends and Divinities in Central and Western Asia, Europe, and Elsewhere, Before the Christian Era. Showing Their Relations to Religious Customs as They Now Exist |
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... believe that doctors have , taking everything into consideration , done more harm in the world than good , and still more to announce my conviction that Christianity was even more culpable than medicine . The physician , when professing ...
... believe that doctors have , taking everything into consideration , done more harm in the world than good , and still more to announce my conviction that Christianity was even more culpable than medicine . The physician , when professing ...
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... believe that God did not make men , any more than the beasts , to damn the largest number of them throughout eternity . I believe that all who aver that they have been selected by the Creator from all the world besides as the only ...
... believe that God did not make men , any more than the beasts , to damn the largest number of them throughout eternity . I believe that all who aver that they have been selected by the Creator from all the world besides as the only ...
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... believe to be an impartial account of the subjects which I describe , I have been , by certain critics , accused of special pleading . It is , perhaps , unnecessary to deny the charge , for each reader must judge of my fairness , or ...
... believe to be an impartial account of the subjects which I describe , I have been , by certain critics , accused of special pleading . It is , perhaps , unnecessary to deny the charge , for each reader must judge of my fairness , or ...
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... believe in the annual miracle at Naples ? The Protestant Church judged by a ruler of Siam . Bigotry , by not inquiring , does not establish truth . Each man who is deceived has a propensity to deceive others . The masses agree to be ...
... believe in the annual miracle at Naples ? The Protestant Church judged by a ruler of Siam . Bigotry , by not inquiring , does not establish truth . Each man who is deceived has a propensity to deceive others . The masses agree to be ...
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... believe in the reality of a revelation given to a class of human beings who , by its means , assume to be divine . The Mexican temples - teocallis , or " houses of God " —were very numerous , indeed there were several hundreds in each ...
... believe in the reality of a revelation given to a class of human beings who , by its means , assume to be divine . The Mexican temples - teocallis , or " houses of God " —were very numerous , indeed there were several hundreds in each ...
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