The semi-sceptic; or, The common sense of religion considered |
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... remain inactive upon our post , is but to deceive ourselves ; it is to let ' suspicion sleep at wisdom's gate , ' while the evil one steals in unheeded ; it is to maintain a silence that will be attributed by the world to iv PREFACE .
... remain inactive upon our post , is but to deceive ourselves ; it is to let ' suspicion sleep at wisdom's gate , ' while the evil one steals in unheeded ; it is to maintain a silence that will be attributed by the world to iv PREFACE .
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... ourselves as far as possible from our natural tendency to error , we must learn to regulate all our enquiries with due subordination to those powers to which we feel humanity to be subject . We must ever keep in mind the undoubted fact ...
... ourselves as far as possible from our natural tendency to error , we must learn to regulate all our enquiries with due subordination to those powers to which we feel humanity to be subject . We must ever keep in mind the undoubted fact ...
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... ourselves - it is the day of the triumph of fairness of argument , of unpreju- diced , disinterested equity of judgment — it is the day when the clear and open vision shall not belong to the wise and learned of the earth alone ; but ...
... ourselves - it is the day of the triumph of fairness of argument , of unpreju- diced , disinterested equity of judgment — it is the day when the clear and open vision shall not belong to the wise and learned of the earth alone ; but ...
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... ourselves at liberty to examine the nature of religion in a general view , or to enquire wherefore it is necessary to man ; it will be requisite to touch upon a few questions of the modern philosophers which stand in the way , and which ...
... ourselves at liberty to examine the nature of religion in a general view , or to enquire wherefore it is necessary to man ; it will be requisite to touch upon a few questions of the modern philosophers which stand in the way , and which ...
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... ourselves au- thorised to quote them from any one of their known and acknowledged advocates : and as many of the French authors of this de- scription have been translated and circulated amongst our countrymen , we can devise no better ...
... ourselves au- thorised to quote them from any one of their known and acknowledged advocates : and as many of the French authors of this de- scription have been translated and circulated amongst our countrymen , we can devise no better ...
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