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... furnish an answer . Croesus , receiving no answer , asked him again , " what is God ? " Thales then asked for two days . Failing still to furnish a reply , he asked for four days , then for eight , then for sixteen ; until the king ...
... furnish an answer . Croesus , receiving no answer , asked him again , " what is God ? " Thales then asked for two days . Failing still to furnish a reply , he asked for four days , then for eight , then for sixteen ; until the king ...
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... furnish us with a nucleus to the notions prevalent among them in regard to the periods of time , both of energy and repose of the Great Crea- tor , in giving existance to this universe . These they divide into a day and a night , both ...
... furnish us with a nucleus to the notions prevalent among them in regard to the periods of time , both of energy and repose of the Great Crea- tor , in giving existance to this universe . These they divide into a day and a night , both ...
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... furnishing collateral evidence at least , that the facts of their history were based upon the oral traditions of the ante - diluvian patriarchs , with which the history . of Moses abounds . To illustrate this point , take the above ...
... furnishing collateral evidence at least , that the facts of their history were based upon the oral traditions of the ante - diluvian patriarchs , with which the history . of Moses abounds . To illustrate this point , take the above ...
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... furnished a new catalogue of the Egyptian kings . His first business was , to point out the defects of Manetho's work , which had originated after it so early a demand for one of greater accuracy . But , even in this work , though ...
... furnished a new catalogue of the Egyptian kings . His first business was , to point out the defects of Manetho's work , which had originated after it so early a demand for one of greater accuracy . But , even in this work , though ...
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... furnished . Smith and Jennings follow Hally , the author of the above system , in the particular form in which it is there given ; and with this harmonizes the claims of the celebrated Herschel , of having discov- ered , by his great ...
... furnished . Smith and Jennings follow Hally , the author of the above system , in the particular form in which it is there given ; and with this harmonizes the claims of the celebrated Herschel , of having discov- ered , by his great ...
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