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... truth , any more than obscurity can be applied to light . The God in whom we believe is a God of moral truth , and not a God of mystery or obscurity . Mystery is the antagonist of truth . It is a fog of human invention , that obscures truth ...
... truth , any more than obscurity can be applied to light . The God in whom we believe is a God of moral truth , and not a God of mystery or obscurity . Mystery is the antagonist of truth . It is a fog of human invention , that obscures truth ...
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... Truth . A defect in Truth is a limitation to Harmony . There can be no secure efficacy in the Beauty which hides within itself the dislocations of falsehood . The truth or falsehood of propositions is not directly to the point in this ...
... Truth . A defect in Truth is a limitation to Harmony . There can be no secure efficacy in the Beauty which hides within itself the dislocations of falsehood . The truth or falsehood of propositions is not directly to the point in this ...
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... truth . " Adequacy " seems the best name for its test . It is well to keep " truth " for the knowledge that is science , with all its complex procedures and criteria for verifying propositions that can be stated . We should then be left ...
... truth . " Adequacy " seems the best name for its test . It is well to keep " truth " for the knowledge that is science , with all its complex procedures and criteria for verifying propositions that can be stated . We should then be left ...
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RELIGION Introduction | 1 |
Mayflower Compact 1620 | 12 |
Swine and Goats | 13 |
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