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... masses were in this stage of thought , when it readily acquiesces in fictions and hypotheses . It did not seem ludicrous to the people to tell them that a plague was the sign of God's wrath , and that a time of rebellion or of tyranny ...
... masses were in this stage of thought , when it readily acquiesces in fictions and hypotheses . It did not seem ludicrous to the people to tell them that a plague was the sign of God's wrath , and that a time of rebellion or of tyranny ...
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... masses quite accepted the idea of applying this preternatural and transcendental ideal to the whole region of thought and of action , as well as of feeling . In our day this is im- possible . It could not be done sincerely , except by ...
... masses quite accepted the idea of applying this preternatural and transcendental ideal to the whole region of thought and of action , as well as of feeling . In our day this is im- possible . It could not be done sincerely , except by ...
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... masses , has lost its power with most men of action , and nearly all men of science . Thus the objection of the orthodox that Positivism has no place for these Absolute ideals and celestial hopes , becomes no objection at all . On the ...
... masses , has lost its power with most men of action , and nearly all men of science . Thus the objection of the orthodox that Positivism has no place for these Absolute ideals and celestial hopes , becomes no objection at all . On the ...
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... Masses of mankind give neither of them a thought ; they have ceased to be in touch with real life . They are , too , like the Giants Pope and Pagan in the " Pilgrim's Progress , " who have ceased to trouble the modern pilgrim in his ...
... Masses of mankind give neither of them a thought ; they have ceased to be in touch with real life . They are , too , like the Giants Pope and Pagan in the " Pilgrim's Progress , " who have ceased to trouble the modern pilgrim in his ...
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... mass of tradition , and an organ of authority regarded as equally living and in- spired . The multiform Protestant congregations pinned their revelation to the four corners of certain books in two dead languages , which were asserted to ...
... mass of tradition , and an organ of authority regarded as equally living and in- spired . The multiform Protestant congregations pinned their revelation to the four corners of certain books in two dead languages , which were asserted to ...
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Page 181 - ... the Dissidence of Dissent and the Protestantism of the Protestant religion. I do not say that other and more intelligent forces than this were not opposed to the Oxford movement : but this was the force which really beat it ; this was the force which Dr. Newman...