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... universe remained for untold ages a state of perfect equilibrium . Then at some moment this was disturbed and the universe , toppling off its balance , gave rise to the universe the astronomers tell us of and the little earth we know ...
... universe remained for untold ages a state of perfect equilibrium . Then at some moment this was disturbed and the universe , toppling off its balance , gave rise to the universe the astronomers tell us of and the little earth we know ...
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... universe and from this gains its significance ; it is the sense of a present God who supports and comforts us . The mystics have narrated their experience so often , and in terms so similar , that I do not see how one can deny its ...
... universe and from this gains its significance ; it is the sense of a present God who supports and comforts us . The mystics have narrated their experience so often , and in terms so similar , that I do not see how one can deny its ...
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... universe other planets have had the possibility of forming a suitable environment to that substance from which , we suppose , along the vast course of time the men we are have been gradually created . And if the astronomer tells us ...
... universe other planets have had the possibility of forming a suitable environment to that substance from which , we suppose , along the vast course of time the men we are have been gradually created . And if the astronomer tells us ...
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