The Connexion of Natural and Divine Truth: Or, The Study of the Inductive Philosophy, Considered as Subservient to Theology |
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... writers called forth by the Bridgewater bequest ; the reproduction of Paley's work , illustrated and prefaced from the resources of a period of advanced knowledge ; and the various other publications to which these directly or indi ...
... writers called forth by the Bridgewater bequest ; the reproduction of Paley's work , illustrated and prefaced from the resources of a period of advanced knowledge ; and the various other publications to which these directly or indi ...
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... writers of high eminence . The cultivators of physical science , perhaps , have not been gene- rally disposed or ... writer , also , has recently discussed the evidences of natural theology ; but with widely dif- ferent views from any of ...
... writers of high eminence . The cultivators of physical science , perhaps , have not been gene- rally disposed or ... writer , also , has recently discussed the evidences of natural theology ; but with widely dif- ferent views from any of ...
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... writers alluded to that I have engaged in the attempt to supply some of the deficiencies . On points where I feel obliged to differ from them , I have in general avoided specific controversy or criticism , and have usually stated my own ...
... writers alluded to that I have engaged in the attempt to supply some of the deficiencies . On points where I feel obliged to differ from them , I have in general avoided specific controversy or criticism , and have usually stated my own ...
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... writers on kindred subjects I have met with none taking precisely the same line , or embracing exactly the same range of subject as that which is proposed to be pursued in the ensuing treatise . Yet almost every one of the different ...
... writers on kindred subjects I have met with none taking precisely the same line , or embracing exactly the same range of subject as that which is proposed to be pursued in the ensuing treatise . Yet almost every one of the different ...
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... writers . author ought fairly to be subject to animadversion for not discussing what the peculiar line of argument he has selected does not lead him to discuss . I am therefore particularly desirous of stating that the present work has ...
... writers . author ought fairly to be subject to animadversion for not discussing what the peculiar line of argument he has selected does not lead him to discuss . I am therefore particularly desirous of stating that the present work has ...
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