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... religion . But when the mass of the unlearned people ( it has been said ) do believe in a true religion , no matter on what grounds , it is better to let them alone in their uninquiring faith , than to agitate and unsettle their minds ...
... religion . But when the mass of the unlearned people ( it has been said ) do believe in a true religion , no matter on what grounds , it is better to let them alone in their uninquiring faith , than to agitate and unsettle their minds ...
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... religion is to be believed , ' the poor , ignorant , unin- structed peasant will probably come nearest to the answer of the Gospel . He will say , ' Be- cause I have been told so by those who are wiser and better than myself . My ...
... religion is to be believed , ' the poor , ignorant , unin- structed peasant will probably come nearest to the answer of the Gospel . He will say , ' Be- cause I have been told so by those who are wiser and better than myself . My ...
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... religion and none ; for , if the christian religion be not credible , no one with whom we have to do , will support the pretensions of any other . Suppose then the world we live in to have had a Creator ; suppose it to appear from the ...
... religion and none ; for , if the christian religion be not credible , no one with whom we have to do , will support the pretensions of any other . Suppose then the world we live in to have had a Creator ; suppose it to appear from the ...
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... [ Religion ] is a mountain air ; it is the embalmer of the world . It is myrrh , and storax , and chlorine , and rosemary . It makes the sky and the hills sublime ; and the silent song of the stars is it . . . . . Always the seer is the ...
... [ Religion ] is a mountain air ; it is the embalmer of the world . It is myrrh , and storax , and chlorine , and rosemary . It makes the sky and the hills sublime ; and the silent song of the stars is it . . . . . Always the seer is the ...
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... religious enthusiasts have been men of good sense in all matters but one ; and yet will say , and write , and approve , the most astounding absurdities in what relates to religion . But , it is equally true , and a no less curious fact ...
... religious enthusiasts have been men of good sense in all matters but one ; and yet will say , and write , and approve , the most astounding absurdities in what relates to religion . But , it is equally true , and a no less curious fact ...
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