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... religion in general had exercised over man's minds decayed prodigiously.1 On the loss and gain to humanity by the ... historians have wrangled interminably , some stressing the blow to human pride , some the contribution to human ...
... religion in general had exercised over man's minds decayed prodigiously.1 On the loss and gain to humanity by the ... historians have wrangled interminably , some stressing the blow to human pride , some the contribution to human ...
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The enlightenment taught evil as the product of economic and material environment ; that bad conditions , not innate depravity , were the cause of human vileness ; that it was within man's power to create a society from which war ...
The enlightenment taught evil as the product of economic and material environment ; that bad conditions , not innate depravity , were the cause of human vileness ; that it was within man's power to create a society from which war ...
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They approved of candour , of benevolence , of charity to those distressed in mind , body or estate ; they believed in the moral and beneficent role of their civilization , its contribution to human progress and to the reduction of ...
They approved of candour , of benevolence , of charity to those distressed in mind , body or estate ; they believed in the moral and beneficent role of their civilization , its contribution to human progress and to the reduction of ...
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Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 42 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY BAY | 59 |
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