A treatise on the nature and causes of doubt in religious questions [by D.B. Baker].1831 - Skepticism - 192 pages |
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... surely , a man is as really bound in pru- dence to do what upon the whole appears , according to the best of his judgment , to be for his happiness , as what he certainly knows to be so . Nay , further , in questions of great ...
... surely , a man is as really bound in pru- dence to do what upon the whole appears , according to the best of his judgment , to be for his happiness , as what he certainly knows to be so . Nay , further , in questions of great ...
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... surely , most improper , to say , " not- withstanding all you have urged , I positively , in the midst of my numerous avocations and incessant labour in my business or profession , have not , time , for such investigations ...
... surely , most improper , to say , " not- withstanding all you have urged , I positively , in the midst of my numerous avocations and incessant labour in my business or profession , have not , time , for such investigations ...
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... surely , to have possibly started out of obscu- rity into the full dignity of public observation ; out of solitude , to find oneself the head of a fondly admiring party ; perhaps out of beg- gary , to be within the sight of certain opu ...
... surely , to have possibly started out of obscu- rity into the full dignity of public observation ; out of solitude , to find oneself the head of a fondly admiring party ; perhaps out of beg- gary , to be within the sight of certain opu ...
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... surely it is drawn by a master hand , and founded on the most accurate ob- servations of human nature ! " We have laughed when we ought to have trembled ! " and " shrunk with apprehension from the laugh of those whose arguments we might ...
... surely it is drawn by a master hand , and founded on the most accurate ob- servations of human nature ! " We have laughed when we ought to have trembled ! " and " shrunk with apprehension from the laugh of those whose arguments we might ...
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... surely it is drawn by a master hand , and founded on the most accurate ob- servations of human nature ! " We have laughed when we ought to have trembled ! " and " shrunk with apprehension from the laugh of those whose arguments we might ...
... surely it is drawn by a master hand , and founded on the most accurate ob- servations of human nature ! " We have laughed when we ought to have trembled ! " and " shrunk with apprehension from the laugh of those whose arguments we might ...
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