The Summing UpAutobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo - both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft. |
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... universe but a being all - powerful ? But the evil of the world then forces on us the conclu- sion that this being cannot be all - powerful and all- good . A God who is all - powerful may be justly blamed for the evil of the world and ...
... universe but a being all - powerful ? But the evil of the world then forces on us the conclu- sion that this being cannot be all - powerful and all- good . A God who is all - powerful may be justly blamed for the evil of the world and ...
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... universe , and an intimate , a shat- tering sense of communion with it . I could almost bring myself to say that I felt the presence of God . It is doubtless a common enough sensation and the mystics have been careful to ascribe value ...
... universe , and an intimate , a shat- tering sense of communion with it . I could almost bring myself to say that I felt the presence of God . It is doubtless a common enough sensation and the mystics have been careful to ascribe value ...
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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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