Modern Civilisation in Relation to Christianity: A Series of EssaysWilliam Blackwood & Sons, 1864 - 128 sider |
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... progress , he has striven to bring our social evils , and perilous social tendencies , into the light of this great truth ; at the same time subjecting to the test of facts some of the more prominent social theories opposed to it . The ...
... progress , he has striven to bring our social evils , and perilous social tendencies , into the light of this great truth ; at the same time subjecting to the test of facts some of the more prominent social theories opposed to it . The ...
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... progress of physical knowledge , discovery , and invention , induced a development of social diseases and evils which were coming rapidly to an alarming head . Drunkenness , pauperism , crime , -dense and growing masses of ignorance and ...
... progress of physical knowledge , discovery , and invention , induced a development of social diseases and evils which were coming rapidly to an alarming head . Drunkenness , pauperism , crime , -dense and growing masses of ignorance and ...
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... progress of mankind depends on the success with which the laws of phenomena are investi- gated , and on the extent to which a knowledge of those laws is diffused . 2d , That before such investigation can begin , a spirit of scepticism ...
... progress of mankind depends on the success with which the laws of phenomena are investi- gated , and on the extent to which a knowledge of those laws is diffused . 2d , That before such investigation can begin , a spirit of scepticism ...
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... progress of mankind depends on the success with which the laws of phenomena are investi- gated , and on the extent to which a knowledge of those laws is diffused . 2d , That before such investigation can begin , a spirit of scepticism ...
... progress of mankind depends on the success with which the laws of phenomena are investi- gated , and on the extent to which a knowledge of those laws is diffused . 2d , That before such investigation can begin , a spirit of scepticism ...
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... progress extensively , towards embracing the whole people , intensively , elevating more and more the whole people . We shall find that law very readily to suggest itself if we reflect what it is that makes Civilization possible ...
... progress extensively , towards embracing the whole people , intensively , elevating more and more the whole people . We shall find that law very readily to suggest itself if we reflect what it is that makes Civilization possible ...
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