The childhood of religionsD. Appleton, 1875 - 288 páginas |
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... wonder they have lived . So I would have you treasure the joy which earth and heaven yield as riches that no moth or rust can corrupt or thief break through and steal ; that make the poorest boy who smiles his thanks for the bit of blue ...
... wonder they have lived . So I would have you treasure the joy which earth and heaven yield as riches that no moth or rust can corrupt or thief break through and steal ; that make the poorest boy who smiles his thanks for the bit of blue ...
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... wonder dwells , to bring him a fruit of the huge banyan - tree or Indian fig - tree . Break it , ' said the father ; ' what do you see ? ' Some very small seeds , ' replied the son . ' Break one of them ; what do you see in it ? ' asked ...
... wonder dwells , to bring him a fruit of the huge banyan - tree or Indian fig - tree . Break it , ' said the father ; ' what do you see ? ' Some very small seeds , ' replied the son . ' Break one of them ; what do you see in it ? ' asked ...
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... wonder whence and how he him- self had come ; and out of that wonderment have grown the legends which have been handed down by old - world fathers to their children . These legends of a beginning , of the first man , and of a bright ...
... wonder whence and how he him- self had come ; and out of that wonderment have grown the legends which have been handed down by old - world fathers to their children . These legends of a beginning , of the first man , and of a bright ...
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... wonder that the strange reptile , so unlike beast or bird , came at last to be regarded in many lands as the symbol of evil , and that over its destruction feasts were held and sacrifices offered . That the legend of dire work wrought ...
... wonder that the strange reptile , so unlike beast or bird , came at last to be regarded in many lands as the symbol of evil , and that over its destruction feasts were held and sacrifices offered . That the legend of dire work wrought ...
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... wonder - filled mind of man , when it shaped the creatures of its fancy out of the facts around ; creatures that have found a home among every people . You must read elsewhere the story of the Nor- thern giants who were sent to overturn ...
... wonder - filled mind of man , when it shaped the creatures of its fancy out of the facts around ; creatures that have found a home among every people . You must read elsewhere the story of the Nor- thern giants who were sent to overturn ...
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