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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Page vi
... equally certain that to such opinion the majority adhere through life . But it has always happened , that many men and women have aspired to the position of medical professors , without going through the usual career ; or , having done ...
... equally certain that to such opinion the majority adhere through life . But it has always happened , that many men and women have aspired to the position of medical professors , without going through the usual career ; or , having done ...
Page ix
... equally bow before the statement of Ezekiel ( ch . xxii . 30 ) , that there was no more propriety amongst the so - called " chosen people of God , " than amongst the Gentile Canaanites and Babylonians . Again , we feel pain when we find ...
... equally bow before the statement of Ezekiel ( ch . xxii . 30 ) , that there was no more propriety amongst the so - called " chosen people of God , " than amongst the Gentile Canaanites and Babylonians . Again , we feel pain when we find ...
Page x
... equally influential in preventing man from being such as we believe that the Almighty designed him to be . Though we oppose the old plan of medication of body and mind , we are far from asserting that there is no value in an honest ...
... equally influential in preventing man from being such as we believe that the Almighty designed him to be . Though we oppose the old plan of medication of body and mind , we are far from asserting that there is no value in an honest ...
Page xi
... equally bad , solely because their progenitor , Abraham , consented to murder and burn his son , is to me a frightful blasphemy ; and , lastly , that God has no tender mercies for nine - tenths of the human race , is to convert our ...
... equally bad , solely because their progenitor , Abraham , consented to murder and burn his son , is to me a frightful blasphemy ; and , lastly , that God has no tender mercies for nine - tenths of the human race , is to convert our ...
Page xvi
... equally persecuted . Spread of Buddhism after Siddartha's death . Asoka a royal convert . Buddhist missionaries , B. C. 307. Their wonderful suc- cesses . Different development of Buddhism and Christianity . Persecution a Christian ...
... equally persecuted . Spread of Buddhism after Siddartha's death . Asoka a royal convert . Buddhist missionaries , B. C. 307. Their wonderful suc- cesses . Different development of Buddhism and Christianity . Persecution a Christian ...
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