The childhood of religionsD. Appleton, 1875 - 288 páginas |
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... body of the work is addressed , to choose the simplest language which the several subjects permit . If the style is thus more fami- liar than dignified , I hope it may with greater success attract the ear of the youthful reader . The ...
... body of the work is addressed , to choose the simplest language which the several subjects permit . If the style is thus more fami- liar than dignified , I hope it may with greater success attract the ear of the youthful reader . The ...
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... bodies circling round the sun , and that the sun himself is one of numberless suns that are strewn as star - dust in the heavens , and it will give each of us , whose nature is made to trust , a larger trust in , and more loving thought ...
... bodies circling round the sun , and that the sun himself is one of numberless suns that are strewn as star - dust in the heavens , and it will give each of us , whose nature is made to trust , a larger trust in , and more loving thought ...
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... body can be appeased with stones . I am most wishful to impress this upon you , because you will never read the meaning of this world aright if you are content with that half- knowledge of the beliefs of other races , both savage and ...
... body can be appeased with stones . I am most wishful to impress this upon you , because you will never read the meaning of this world aright if you are content with that half- knowledge of the beliefs of other races , both savage and ...
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... bodies , travel round the sun , he being the centre of what is called the solar system ( from Latin sol , the sun ) . Astronomy primers will tell you that every star is a sun , the centre of a solar system , and that our sun appears so ...
... bodies , travel round the sun , he being the centre of what is called the solar system ( from Latin sol , the sun ) . Astronomy primers will tell you that every star is a sun , the centre of a solar system , and that our sun appears so ...
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... bodies being in a molten state . In the case of Saturn not only were eight moons formed , but there re- main revolving round him the rings which so add to his beauty as an object in the telescope , and which are said to be made up of ...
... bodies being in a molten state . In the case of Saturn not only were eight moons formed , but there re- main revolving round him the rings which so add to his beauty as an object in the telescope , and which are said to be made up of ...
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