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| Title | Sketches of Moral and Mental Philosophy: Their Connection with Each Other; and Their Bearings on Doctrinal and Practical Christianity Sketches of Moral and Mental Philosophy: Their Connection with Each Other; and Their Bearings on Doctrinal and Practical Christianity, Thomas Chalmers |
| Author | Thomas Chalmers |
| Publisher | R. Carter & Bros., 1845 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 22 Feb 2006 |
| Length | 420 pages |
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