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And if you will let the biologist run on, he will tell you that in the blood vessels and
substance of our body are millions of little beings, which are extraordinarily like
some of the smallest, lowest microscopic animals which lead independent lives, ...
And if you will let the biologist run on, he will tell you that in the blood vessels and
substance of our body are millions of little beings, which are extraordinarily like
some of the smallest, lowest microscopic animals which lead independent lives, ...
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thing very much nearer to the truth than that popular distinction of body and spirit.
When he cries, "Who can deliver me from the body of this death?" I find him very
understandable. How warmly have I echoed that cry! My feeling is just that ...
thing very much nearer to the truth than that popular distinction of body and spirit.
When he cries, "Who can deliver me from the body of this death?" I find him very
understandable. How warmly have I echoed that cry! My feeling is just that ...
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Our investigations prove that these activities of the body and the soul are based
on the supply of chemical energy. When the body and its organs are destroyed,
and the parts of the complicated system forming the seat of the soul are scattered,
...
Our investigations prove that these activities of the body and the soul are based
on the supply of chemical energy. When the body and its organs are destroyed,
and the parts of the complicated system forming the seat of the soul are scattered,
...
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