The Childhood of the World: A Simple Account of Man in Early TimesMacmillan and Company, 1873 - 118 من الصفحات |
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... seemed impossible for them ever to fall ) which have reached a certain point , then decayed and died . And since man has lived so many thousands of years on the earth , there must have risen and fallen races and tribes of which no trace ...
... seemed impossible for them ever to fall ) which have reached a certain point , then decayed and died . And since man has lived so many thousands of years on the earth , there must have risen and fallen races and tribes of which no trace ...
الصفحة 53
... have perished . But although the hand on the clock - face of progress has seemed now and then to stand still or even to go back , it is a great truth for our comfort and trust that the world gets better SECT . XV . ] 53 OF THE WORLD .
... have perished . But although the hand on the clock - face of progress has seemed now and then to stand still or even to go back , it is a great truth for our comfort and trust that the world gets better SECT . XV . ] 53 OF THE WORLD .
الصفحة 61
... seemed to be ( and really was , although not as he thought of it ) in all things around , man shaped the most curious notions into the form of myths , by which is meant a fanciful story founded on something real . If to us a boat or a ...
... seemed to be ( and really was , although not as he thought of it ) in all things around , man shaped the most curious notions into the form of myths , by which is meant a fanciful story founded on something real . If to us a boat or a ...
الصفحة 69
... seemed like a solid arch over the flat earth . To many a mind it was the place of bliss , where care and want and age could never enter . The path to it was said to be along that bright - looking band across the sky known to us as the ...
... seemed like a solid arch over the flat earth . To many a mind it was the place of bliss , where care and want and age could never enter . The path to it was said to be along that bright - looking band across the sky known to us as the ...
الصفحة 74
... seemed to smile or frown upon him . Not only did he look upon sickness as often the work of demon - spirits , but in his fear he filled the darkness with ghosts of the dead rising from their graves , shrieking at his door , sitting in ...
... seemed to smile or frown upon him . Not only did he look upon sickness as often the work of demon - spirits , but in his fear he filled the darkness with ghosts of the dead rising from their graves , shrieking at his door , sitting in ...
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الصفحة 83 - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
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