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... knowledge either of the phenomena or of the manner of Divine action . The business of science is simply to ascertain in what manner phenomena co - exist with each other or follow each other , and the only kind of explanation with which ...
... knowledge either of the phenomena or of the manner of Divine action . The business of science is simply to ascertain in what manner phenomena co - exist with each other or follow each other , and the only kind of explanation with which ...
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... knowledge we cannot account for such facts ; but it is enough for the purposes of the Darwinian theory to know that they exist . For , taken all together , they show that natural selection , operating on even the most superficial ...
... knowledge we cannot account for such facts ; but it is enough for the purposes of the Darwinian theory to know that they exist . For , taken all together , they show that natural selection , operating on even the most superficial ...
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... knowledge of the truths of physical science , without possessing sufficient subtlety to apprehend their metaphysical bearings . Büchner , the favourite spokesman of this class of people , occupies a position precisely similar to that of ...
... knowledge of the truths of physical science , without possessing sufficient subtlety to apprehend their metaphysical bearings . Büchner , the favourite spokesman of this class of people , occupies a position precisely similar to that of ...
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... knowledge of soul as dissociated from body , and under the con- ditions of the present life no such knowledge can possibly be obtained . But this undoubted fact has a twofold import . While on the one hand it shuts us off from all scien ...
... knowledge of soul as dissociated from body , and under the con- ditions of the present life no such knowledge can possibly be obtained . But this undoubted fact has a twofold import . While on the one hand it shuts us off from all scien ...
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... knowledge requisite for making our present lives pure and beau- tiful . It was Jehovah's cherished servant who de- clared in Holy Writ that his faith was stronger than death . There is something overwhelming in the thought that all our ...
... knowledge requisite for making our present lives pure and beau- tiful . It was Jehovah's cherished servant who de- clared in Holy Writ that his faith was stronger than death . There is something overwhelming in the thought that all our ...
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