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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... 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 so , they have struck out a ...
... 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 so , they have struck out a ...
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... opinion , it was death to pry ! cure . With the idea which was gradually forced upon my mind , that there was a systematic suppression of the truth in the pulpit , I very carefully searched the Bible , with which I have been familiar ...
... opinion , it was death to pry ! cure . With the idea which was gradually forced upon my mind , that there was a systematic suppression of the truth in the pulpit , I very carefully searched the Bible , with which I have been familiar ...
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... opinions as these , it is not probable that I shall find many 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 ...
... opinions as these , it is not probable that I shall find many 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 ...
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... opinion that the Almighty so revels in cruelty , that He makes creatures to torture them , is a horrible one to me - fit only to come from impotent Pagan priests . That Jehovah selected about one million of bad men , out of about four ...
... opinion that the Almighty so revels in cruelty , that He makes creatures to torture them , is a horrible one to me - fit only to come from impotent Pagan priests . That Jehovah selected about one million of bad men , out of about four ...
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... opinion that the Devil instigated all atrocities of the Syrians , Chaldees , Assy- rians , Romans , Turks , Tartars , Saracens , Affghans , Maho- metans , and Hindoos , and believe that the good God drowned the whole world , and nearly ...
... opinion that the Devil instigated all atrocities of the Syrians , Chaldees , Assy- rians , Romans , Turks , Tartars , Saracens , Affghans , Maho- metans , and Hindoos , and believe that the good God drowned the whole world , and nearly ...
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