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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... followers . I do not seek them . My aim has been to set good sterling stuff before the world , so that any one , whose self - reliance is great , may receive strength . There are many who would rather die with a physician close X PREFACE .
... followers . I do not seek them . My aim has been to set good sterling stuff before the world , so that any one , whose self - reliance is great , may receive strength . There are many who would rather die with a physician close X PREFACE .
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... followers of Moses and Jesus , or to discover any spot in the wide world where there is , or has been , a civilization equal to that which existed in Judea , and the parts inhabited by Christians . In consequence of this defiance , it ...
... followers of Moses and Jesus , or to discover any spot in the wide world where there is , or has been , a civilization equal to that which existed in Judea , and the parts inhabited by Christians . In consequence of this defiance , it ...
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... followers . The basis of the two faiths is morality - but an unsound one . Nature of the unsound- ness . Morality has a reference to a life on earth only . The decalogue super- fluous . Ideas of future rewards and punishments . Dives ...
... followers . The basis of the two faiths is morality - but an unsound one . Nature of the unsound- ness . Morality has a reference to a life on earth only . The decalogue super- fluous . Ideas of future rewards and punishments . Dives ...
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... followers as the sensual Crusaders , the persecuting Popes of Italy , and the brutal , money - grubbing Spaniards . The former gradually dried up , like primitive Christianity , and the harmlessness of the dove was replaced by the ...
... followers as the sensual Crusaders , the persecuting Popes of Italy , and the brutal , money - grubbing Spaniards . The former gradually dried up , like primitive Christianity , and the harmlessness of the dove was replaced by the ...
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... followers of the Great Lama . It is equally marvellous to discover that the Mexican ritual resembles both . The Papalist endeavours to No congregation of Christian , or any other men , would tolerate for a moment the introduction into ...
... followers of the Great Lama . It is equally marvellous to discover that the Mexican ritual resembles both . The Papalist endeavours to No congregation of Christian , or any other men , would tolerate for a moment the introduction into ...
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