The childhood of religionsD. Appleton, 1875 - 288 páginas |
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... taught to fear ; that caused beauty to disfigure itself , as if ugliness was acceptable to Him , who ' hath made everything beautiful in its time . ' CHAPTER II LEGENDS OF THE PAST ABOUT THE CREATION . CHAP . I. ] 9 INTRODUCTORY .
... taught to fear ; that caused beauty to disfigure itself , as if ugliness was acceptable to Him , who ' hath made everything beautiful in its time . ' CHAPTER II LEGENDS OF THE PAST ABOUT THE CREATION . CHAP . I. ] 9 INTRODUCTORY .
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... causing day and night . On the second day an expanse was formed above the earth , dividing the waters upon the earth from those which were to be stored as rain . ( As Genesis vii . 11 shows , this expanse or dome was believed to be full ...
... causing day and night . On the second day an expanse was formed above the earth , dividing the waters upon the earth from those which were to be stored as rain . ( As Genesis vii . 11 shows , this expanse or dome was believed to be full ...
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... caused the monsters to die , as they could not bear the light , upon seeing which Belus cut off his own head , and the gods then mixed the blood that flowed there- from with the dust of the earth and formed man , which accounts for his ...
... caused the monsters to die , as they could not bear the light , upon seeing which Belus cut off his own head , and the gods then mixed the blood that flowed there- from with the dust of the earth and formed man , which accounts for his ...
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... causing them to move . From a seed which he had placed in them there came a golden egg blazing with a thousand beams , and in this egg Brahma gave birth to himself . There he dwelt and at last split the egg in halves , one of which ...
... causing them to move . From a seed which he had placed in them there came a golden egg blazing with a thousand beams , and in this egg Brahma gave birth to himself . There he dwelt and at last split the egg in halves , one of which ...
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... caused by its having been a fluid mass , spinning round like a top . In illustration of this , a lump of very soft clay or a mass of oil floating in liquid of the same density ( or like weight bulk for bulk ) , will , when turned round ...
... caused by its having been a fluid mass , spinning round like a top . In illustration of this , a lump of very soft clay or a mass of oil floating in liquid of the same density ( or like weight bulk for bulk ) , will , when turned round ...
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