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... learned men the decision of this point . He believes that the number of buildings in Babylon bore no proportion to the great space inclosed by the wall ; that the houses were small , and mostly consisted of merely a ground floor , or ...
... learned men the decision of this point . He believes that the number of buildings in Babylon bore no proportion to the great space inclosed by the wall ; that the houses were small , and mostly consisted of merely a ground floor , or ...
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... learned , which are so much more difficult to clear up , as they propose rather their own conjectures , than afford any real lights . The knowledge of the actions of men in the first ages is a vast and unknown sea , on which we sail ...
... learned , which are so much more difficult to clear up , as they propose rather their own conjectures , than afford any real lights . The knowledge of the actions of men in the first ages is a vast and unknown sea , on which we sail ...
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... learned , which clear up nothing , but leave things as they find them ; and to uphold the argument , that the deluge was not uni- versal , is idle and ridiculous ; it is bringing proofs of the de- signs of God against the word of God ...
... learned , which clear up nothing , but leave things as they find them ; and to uphold the argument , that the deluge was not uni- versal , is idle and ridiculous ; it is bringing proofs of the de- signs of God against the word of God ...
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... , if only for these three young girls . ANECDOTES . Frederick the Great was extremely fond of making the im mortality of the soul a topic of discourse , and generally ad- verted to it , when learned men , whose opinions 13.
... , if only for these three young girls . ANECDOTES . Frederick the Great was extremely fond of making the im mortality of the soul a topic of discourse , and generally ad- verted to it , when learned men , whose opinions 13.
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verted to it , when learned men , whose opinions and princi ples he was inclined to sound , were presented to him . It was seldom , however , that he allowed any one to differ from him on that point , and it was still more dangerous for ...
verted to it , when learned men , whose opinions and princi ples he was inclined to sound , were presented to him . It was seldom , however , that he allowed any one to differ from him on that point , and it was still more dangerous for ...
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