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To contemporary observers , the effect was obvious : the influence which
Christianity in particular and religion in general had exercised over man ' s minds
decayed prodigiously . 1 On the loss and gain to humanity by the decay of
religious ...
To contemporary observers , the effect was obvious : the influence which
Christianity in particular and religion in general had exercised over man ' s minds
decayed prodigiously . 1 On the loss and gain to humanity by the decay of
religious ...
Page 108
Their other great difficulty was how to persuade men in high places that theirs
was not merely a religion of social utility , that theirs was a divine mission , and
not the contemptible , servile , hypocritical function of acting as moral policemen ,
or ...
Their other great difficulty was how to persuade men in high places that theirs
was not merely a religion of social utility , that theirs was a divine mission , and
not the contemptible , servile , hypocritical function of acting as moral policemen ,
or ...
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temptation to use the latitudinarians and the opponents of religion to defeat the
agents of what they believed to be a satanic delusion . The tone of early
civilization in New South Wales was fashioned by the evangelicals , for amongst
their ...
temptation to use the latitudinarians and the opponents of religion to defeat the
agents of what they believed to be a satanic delusion . The tone of early
civilization in New South Wales was fashioned by the evangelicals , for amongst
their ...
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Contents
THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE PROTESTANTS | 21 |
THE SONS OF ENLIGHTENMENT | 41 |
THE CHOICE OF BOTANY | 61 |
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