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Page vii
... truth , may arrive at the same conclusion , by a process not altogether similar . With these remarks , I commit the work to the kindness of the public , happy in being the almoner of another's bounty , and trusting they will re- ceive ...
... truth , may arrive at the same conclusion , by a process not altogether similar . With these remarks , I commit the work to the kindness of the public , happy in being the almoner of another's bounty , and trusting they will re- ceive ...
Page ix
... truth , and has , therefore , not only occupied the minds , but employed the pens of the most profound philosophers , and the ablest divines . Till within a few months , nothing was farther from the author's thoughts , than to add an ...
... truth , and has , therefore , not only occupied the minds , but employed the pens of the most profound philosophers , and the ablest divines . Till within a few months , nothing was farther from the author's thoughts , than to add an ...
Page x
... truths of revelation , but even denied or questioned the being of a God . He found , that besides regular meetings for ... truth , and endeavor , by a reference to nature , and an ap- peal to reason , to stop the progress of errors so ...
... truths of revelation , but even denied or questioned the being of a God . He found , that besides regular meetings for ... truth , and endeavor , by a reference to nature , and an ap- peal to reason , to stop the progress of errors so ...
Page xi
... truth , a refusal to profess opinions , which appear to them erroneous and absurd , though the reward of their honesty be the persecutions of interested hypoc- risy on the one hand , and of prejudice , bigotry , and su- perstition , on ...
... truth , a refusal to profess opinions , which appear to them erroneous and absurd , though the reward of their honesty be the persecutions of interested hypoc- risy on the one hand , and of prejudice , bigotry , and su- perstition , on ...
Page xii
... truth of their creed , by exhibiting the force of its evi- dence , and the futility of all objections . Let any one , competent to this task , undertake it , and he may obtain the co - operation of the sceptic for the eliciting of the truth ...
... truth of their creed , by exhibiting the force of its evi- dence , and the futility of all objections . Let any one , competent to this task , undertake it , and he may obtain the co - operation of the sceptic for the eliciting of the truth ...
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