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... true , and capable of being fully established by a preponderance of pro- bability ; -by showing that there are more and weightier ob- jections on the opposite side . If therefore any one can induce you to attend to the objections on one ...
... true , and capable of being fully established by a preponderance of pro- bability ; -by showing that there are more and weightier ob- jections on the opposite side . If therefore any one can induce you to attend to the objections on one ...
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... true , any more than Æsop's Fables , though intended ( like them ) to convey some moral lessons . The Naturalists , on the contrary , maintain the general truth of the history , but explain the miraculous portions of it as natural ...
... true , any more than Æsop's Fables , though intended ( like them ) to convey some moral lessons . The Naturalists , on the contrary , maintain the general truth of the history , but explain the miraculous portions of it as natural ...
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... 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 by telling them about evi- dences . They should be kept in ignorance , we are told , that ...
... 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 by telling them about evi- dences . They should be kept in ignorance , we are told , that ...
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... true , will overthrow belief in Christianity or any other imposture , is just what I think . But nothing coming from me could have near the force of such an admission from you . ' One is loth to attribute to writers who are professed ...
... true , will overthrow belief in Christianity or any other imposture , is just what I think . But nothing coming from me could have near the force of such an admission from you . ' One is loth to attribute to writers who are professed ...
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... true , of inestimable value , the improba- bility which arises from the miraculous nature of the things related , is not greater than the original improbability that such a revelation should be imparted by God . I wish it however to be ...
... true , of inestimable value , the improba- bility which arises from the miraculous nature of the things related , is not greater than the original improbability that such a revelation should be imparted by God . I wish it however to be ...
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