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He sees prevailing in scientific circles a theory which he himself is neither able to
affirm nor to deny . The facts at first hand are not before him ; he requires to take
them on trust . The inferences from these facts may appear to him to be still ...
He sees prevailing in scientific circles a theory which he himself is neither able to
affirm nor to deny . The facts at first hand are not before him ; he requires to take
them on trust . The inferences from these facts may appear to him to be still ...
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... it would hold such a statement to be in the highest degree unscientific . The
doctrine of Agnosticism is the doctrine of human ignorance ; its leading article is
the duty of humility . It warns man to affirm nothing and to deny nothing
concerning ...
... it would hold such a statement to be in the highest degree unscientific . The
doctrine of Agnosticism is the doctrine of human ignorance ; its leading article is
the duty of humility . It warns man to affirm nothing and to deny nothing
concerning ...
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To affirm that God is the infinite seems to us just as absurd as to say that the rose
is the red . The rose is not the red , because redness is a quality which may
belong to many objects besides roses , and which is therefore not 68 Can the Old
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To affirm that God is the infinite seems to us just as absurd as to say that the rose
is the red . The rose is not the red , because redness is a quality which may
belong to many objects besides roses , and which is therefore not 68 Can the Old
...
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... had dared to affirm , in opposition to all his predecessors , and in contrast with
all his contemporaries , that the method by which the world was made was a
method slow and gradual , rising from the smallness of first beginnings , and
adding ...
... had dared to affirm , in opposition to all his predecessors , and in contrast with
all his contemporaries , that the method by which the world was made was a
method slow and gradual , rising from the smallness of first beginnings , and
adding ...
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The difference between the modern doctrine of evolution and the prevalent
doctrine of Theism does not lie in the fact that the one affirms and the other
denies the unity of species ; they both equally affirm that unity . The evolutionist
says that all ...
The difference between the modern doctrine of evolution and the prevalent
doctrine of Theism does not lie in the fact that the one affirms and the other
denies the unity of species ; they both equally affirm that unity . The evolutionist
says that all ...
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