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Page 48
... origin of myths in the conditions of savage life . In all these inquiries was visible the purpose to discover unity in the relig- ions of antiquity . 4 3 It was not unnatural that fresh attempts to establish such unity should be ...
... origin of myths in the conditions of savage life . In all these inquiries was visible the purpose to discover unity in the relig- ions of antiquity . 4 3 It was not unnatural that fresh attempts to establish such unity should be ...
Page 49
... unity of ancient religion and the theory of the astral origin of myths , but he treats the latter point at greater length , and , as is remarked above , defines myths by their motifs . Apart from his theory his PANBABYLONIANISM 49.
... unity of ancient religion and the theory of the astral origin of myths , but he treats the latter point at greater length , and , as is remarked above , defines myths by their motifs . Apart from his theory his PANBABYLONIANISM 49.
Page 51
... origin of things , to trace the history of the world from its emergence out of a chaos to its present form and into the future to the time of renewal . It is identical with religion , has the form of latent monotheism , and is ...
... origin of things , to trace the history of the world from its emergence out of a chaos to its present form and into the future to the time of renewal . It is identical with religion , has the form of latent monotheism , and is ...
Page 55
... origin of the Babylonian sexagesimal system , which has been so widely adopted , is doubtful . The simplest explanation would be that the number sixty was obtained by doubling the number of days in the month , and was adopted because of ...
... origin of the Babylonian sexagesimal system , which has been so widely adopted , is doubtful . The simplest explanation would be that the number sixty was obtained by doubling the number of days in the month , and was adopted because of ...
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... origin , the astral and the agricultural The arguments for the latter are given in many recent works , as those of Tylor , Frazer , and others , and cannot be detailed here ; the arguments for the former are given in the various ...
... origin , the astral and the agricultural The arguments for the latter are given in many recent works , as those of Tylor , Frazer , and others , and cannot be detailed here ; the arguments for the former are given in the various ...
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Page 269 - As touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living
Page 461 - and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies; they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
Page 461 - But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments, ... I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, . . . and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
Page 317 - sighed deeply in his spirit and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? Verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.
Page 264 - it is better to enter into life halt or maimed rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire,
Page 293 - what he said of antiquity, that it "deserveth that reverence, that men should make a stand thereupon and discover what is the best way; but when the discovery is well taken, then to make progression.
Page 141 - [science] does assert for example that without a disturbance of natural law quite as serious as the stoppage of an eclipse or the rolling of the St. Lawrence up the Falls of Niagara no act of humiliation, individual or national, could call one shower from heaven or deflect toward us a single beam of the sun
Page 313 - For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say,
Page 318 - The men of Nineveh shall arise in the judgment with this generation and shall condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of
Page 149 - that a miracle can never be proved so as to be a foundation of a system of religion, for I own that otherwise there may possibly be miracles or violations of the usual course of nature of such a