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Before men had adequate weapons, fierce wild beasts must have made life very
dangerous, so that men had reason to be as timorous as rabbits are now, and
there was an ever-present danger of death by starvation, which has grown ...
Before men had adequate weapons, fierce wild beasts must have made life very
dangerous, so that men had reason to be as timorous as rabbits are now, and
there was an ever-present danger of death by starvation, which has grown ...
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I do not mean that I think early Christianity has within itself even the germs of a
ready-made remedy for present ills and a ready-made solution for present
problems. Rather I would suggest that the future of religion is connected with the
...
I do not mean that I think early Christianity has within itself even the germs of a
ready-made remedy for present ills and a ready-made solution for present
problems. Rather I would suggest that the future of religion is connected with the
...
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May I point out that, far from all of him being present in this discussion, very much
of him is not present anywhere. The greater part of him is no longer in existence.
It is dead. It is past and forgotten. He is already, for the most part, as dead as his ...
May I point out that, far from all of him being present in this discussion, very much
of him is not present anywhere. The greater part of him is no longer in existence.
It is dead. It is past and forgotten. He is already, for the most part, as dead as his ...
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