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... anything to do with duration . Again , the argument from the fact that happiness and perfection are un- attainable on earth , only appeals to us if we already believe in a beneficent Creator , who will sooner 48 Agnosticism .
... anything to do with duration . Again , the argument from the fact that happiness and perfection are un- attainable on earth , only appeals to us if we already believe in a beneficent Creator , who will sooner 48 Agnosticism .
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... earth in the order of time corresponding exactly to the order of gradation — we have no alternative but to con- clude that the last is a lineal descendant of the first . It is impossible , then , for those who have the slightest respect ...
... earth in the order of time corresponding exactly to the order of gradation — we have no alternative but to con- clude that the last is a lineal descendant of the first . It is impossible , then , for those who have the slightest respect ...
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... earth , are derived from one , or a few , simple forms . This theory had been brought forward and defended , in the beginning of the present century , by several eminent naturalists , especially by Lamarck and Goethe ; but it re- ceived ...
... earth , are derived from one , or a few , simple forms . This theory had been brought forward and defended , in the beginning of the present century , by several eminent naturalists , especially by Lamarck and Goethe ; but it re- ceived ...
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... earth , and to many other doctrines which they once looked upon as pre - eminently irreligious , but the truth of which it is no longer possible to doubt . The scientists were correct in their astronomy ; why should they not be correct ...
... earth , and to many other doctrines which they once looked upon as pre - eminently irreligious , but the truth of which it is no longer possible to doubt . The scientists were correct in their astronomy ; why should they not be correct ...
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... , came water ? The complete answer to this question would be a complete history of the universe . Let us see now the way in which the evolutionists endeavour to explain , the origin of water upon the earth , 104 Agnosticism .
... , came water ? The complete answer to this question would be a complete history of the universe . Let us see now the way in which the evolutionists endeavour to explain , the origin of water upon the earth , 104 Agnosticism .
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