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... Existence of the Soul and of God . - Observation of Facts , Classification , Inductions , and Verification PAGE 66 116 164 · 186 CHAPTER VIII . Conclusion . - Science and Religion as Fellow - Laborers in the Divine Service · • 220 ...
... Existence of the Soul and of God . - Observation of Facts , Classification , Inductions , and Verification PAGE 66 116 164 · 186 CHAPTER VIII . Conclusion . - Science and Religion as Fellow - Laborers in the Divine Service · • 220 ...
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... coördination of those two factors of man's high- er existence the aspirations of his soul and the per- ceptions of his intellect for whose development all other things are but instrumentalities . It is one of INTRODUCTION . 11.
... coördination of those two factors of man's high- er existence the aspirations of his soul and the per- ceptions of his intellect for whose development all other things are but instrumentalities . It is one of INTRODUCTION . 11.
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... existence , and attains also a sense of an Infinite and Creative Spirit , on whom man is de- pendent , and to whom he owes gratitude , obedience , and reverence . This is the broader signification of religion . 2. In a more special ...
... existence , and attains also a sense of an Infinite and Creative Spirit , on whom man is de- pendent , and to whom he owes gratitude , obedience , and reverence . This is the broader signification of religion . 2. In a more special ...
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... existence of God or the soul , the agree- ment of such independent investigations would have especial weight . But , if they should fail to see ex- actly the same thing , this would not put them into antagonism , but rather would be ...
... existence of God or the soul , the agree- ment of such independent investigations would have especial weight . But , if they should fail to see ex- actly the same thing , this would not put them into antagonism , but rather would be ...
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... existence and character of their Maker . It may reveal him as acting in ways that we had not supposed . It may compel Theology to revise its schemes . But this revision Religion must look upon as received from God's own hand , and ...
... existence and character of their Maker . It may reveal him as acting in ways that we had not supposed . It may compel Theology to revise its schemes . But this revision Religion must look upon as received from God's own hand , and ...
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Page 138 - That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else...
Page 102 - Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it may be compelled by impressed forces to change that state.
Page 69 - If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number'} No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.
Page 196 - The scientific imagination, which is here authoritative, demands, as the origin and cause of a series of ether-waves, a particle of vibrating matter . quite as definite, though it may be excessively minute, as that which gives origin to a musical sound.