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“That which struck the present writer most forcibly on his first perusal of the 'Origin of Species' was the conviction that Teleology, as commonly understood, had received its deathblow at Mr. Darwin 's hands. For the teleological argument runs thus:…

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“It is my conviction that, with the spread of true scientific culture, whatever may be the medium, historical, philological, philosophical, or physical, through which that culture is conveyed, and with its necessary concomitant, a constant elevation of the standard of veracity, the end of the evolution of theology will be like its beginning—it will cease to have any relation to…

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“Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, whether you like…

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“There can be no doubt that the existing Fauna and Flora is but the last term of a long series of equally numerous contemporary…

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“When I reached intellectual maturity, and began to ask myself whether I was an atheist, a theist, or a pantheist; a materialist or an…

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“For these two years I have been gravitating towards your doctrines, and since the publication of your primula paper with accelerated velocity. By about…

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