The Relations of Science and Religion: The Morse Lecture, 1880, Connected with the Union Theological Seminary, New York |
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... knowledge of the government of the world - Method and result in miracle- working , as related to natural law - Explanation of the an- tagonism of scientific thought to the conception of miracle -PRAYER - How its answer stands related to ...
... knowledge of the government of the world - Method and result in miracle- working , as related to natural law - Explanation of the an- tagonism of scientific thought to the conception of miracle -PRAYER - How its answer stands related to ...
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... knowledge , the increase of appliances for inquiry , the greater facilities for work of all kinds , the freer intercommunion of all the divisions of our race , and the greater altitude from which the whole realm of existence can be ...
... knowledge , the increase of appliances for inquiry , the greater facilities for work of all kinds , the freer intercommunion of all the divisions of our race , and the greater altitude from which the whole realm of existence can be ...
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... knowledge . It may be a much easier thing to state precisely how recent advances have affected a particular branch of science , such as astronomy or geology , than to say how they bear upon the general conception of the universe . Yet ...
... knowledge . It may be a much easier thing to state precisely how recent advances have affected a particular branch of science , such as astronomy or geology , than to say how they bear upon the general conception of the universe . Yet ...
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... knowledge , or carries us into a more minute acquaintance with particulars , and only in a restricted way modifies accepted positions , by introducing relations formerly unrecognized . Thus , progress in a particular science does not ...
... knowledge , or carries us into a more minute acquaintance with particulars , and only in a restricted way modifies accepted positions , by introducing relations formerly unrecognized . Thus , progress in a particular science does not ...
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... knowledge is to be ob- tained by the slow processes of intellectual procedure , in accordance with which some things become clear , while many more re- main obscure . Whether we are dealing with book knowledge , or with knowledge ...
... knowledge is to be ob- tained by the slow processes of intellectual procedure , in accordance with which some things become clear , while many more re- main obscure . Whether we are dealing with book knowledge , or with knowledge ...
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