Modern Eloquence, Volume 7Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh John D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 344
... religious beliefs . In short , religion is as old as humanity . The first begin- ning of religious development is and must remain , like the whole of the primitive history of mankind , a secret . The question of the existence of ...
... religious beliefs . In short , religion is as old as humanity . The first begin- ning of religious development is and must remain , like the whole of the primitive history of mankind , a secret . The question of the existence of ...
Page 345
... religious conceptions are gradually ob- scured and degraded . Further , we submit that no founder of a religion has ever encountered people or society who in naive simplicity would allow themselves to be moved by his preaching if it ...
... religious conceptions are gradually ob- scured and degraded . Further , we submit that no founder of a religion has ever encountered people or society who in naive simplicity would allow themselves to be moved by his preaching if it ...
Page 388
... Religion ought to bring out and intensify the flavor of all that is best in man- hood , and make it fit , to use Wordsworth's noble phrase : - " For human nature's daily food . " Good citizens , honest workmen , cheerful comrades , true ...
... Religion ought to bring out and intensify the flavor of all that is best in man- hood , and make it fit , to use Wordsworth's noble phrase : - " For human nature's daily food . " Good citizens , honest workmen , cheerful comrades , true ...
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