Conversations on Religion, with Lord Byron and Others: Held in Cephalonia, a Short Time Previous to His Lordship's Death |
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... human mind . Some are so sensible of these difficulties , and of the apparent impossibility of examining the subject with perfect coolness and impartiality , that they at- tempt to justify themselves for the total neglect of it , by ...
... human mind . Some are so sensible of these difficulties , and of the apparent impossibility of examining the subject with perfect coolness and impartiality , that they at- tempt to justify themselves for the total neglect of it , by ...
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... human opinions , speculations , and false philosophy , and the lives of thousands who professed it were often inconsistent with its precepts . History pre- sents us with decrees of councils on points which have not been revealed , and ...
... human opinions , speculations , and false philosophy , and the lives of thousands who professed it were often inconsistent with its precepts . History pre- sents us with decrees of councils on points which have not been revealed , and ...
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... human devices and inventions on the other , so they must partake more or less of a mixture of error , or of what cannot be clearly or unequivocally proved to be the truth . " Still further to clear the subject , and remove all source of ...
... human devices and inventions on the other , so they must partake more or less of a mixture of error , or of what cannot be clearly or unequivocally proved to be the truth . " Still further to clear the subject , and remove all source of ...
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... human testimony ? I immediately shut the book , conceiving that it was unnecessary to go on , -- that his lordship's patience was evidently at an end , - and that he wished to be a speaker , and no longer a hearer . I answered in the ...
... human testimony ? I immediately shut the book , conceiving that it was unnecessary to go on , -- that his lordship's patience was evidently at an end , - and that he wished to be a speaker , and no longer a hearer . I answered in the ...
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... human nature must be changed : the observation indicating equally the selfishness of man , and an ignorance of the true nature of the Chris- tian religion . Before the conversation was finished , a few other re- marks , of no importance ...
... human nature must be changed : the observation indicating equally the selfishness of man , and an ignorance of the true nature of the Chris- tian religion . Before the conversation was finished , a few other re- marks , of no importance ...
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