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... material things are superseded but spiritual things not ; or that every thing considered as an achieve- ' In his Religio Grammatici , London , 1918 . ment can be superseded , but considered as so much xii THE FAITH OF A HUMANIST.
... material things are superseded but spiritual things not ; or that every thing considered as an achieve- ' In his Religio Grammatici , London , 1918 . ment can be superseded , but considered as so much xii THE FAITH OF A HUMANIST.
Page xiii
... material achievements , but ignore its spirit and see neither its internal beauty nor the beauty it extracts continually from the bosom of nature . Now I would say that to find in the works of science of the past , that which is not and ...
... material achievements , but ignore its spirit and see neither its internal beauty nor the beauty it extracts continually from the bosom of nature . Now I would say that to find in the works of science of the past , that which is not and ...
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... material rewards may be they are insignificant as compared with the purely spiritual ones , the feeling of having done well , and above all the pure contemplation of truth . This had been clearly seen by the Greeks , witness this ...
... material rewards may be they are insignificant as compared with the purely spiritual ones , the feeling of having done well , and above all the pure contemplation of truth . This had been clearly seen by the Greeks , witness this ...
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