Religious and Moral Ideas in the Novels of George EliotUniversity of Wisconsin--Madison, 1963 - 398 pages |
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... course Hennell started with the presupposition that the Biblical account was a chapter of secular history but he did his job with a painstaking thoroughness that was so far unequalled . He tried to date each book , weighed the evidence ...
... course Hennell started with the presupposition that the Biblical account was a chapter of secular history but he did his job with a painstaking thoroughness that was so far unequalled . He tried to date each book , weighed the evidence ...
Page 87
... course of history every race acquires a separate identity till " some great revolutionary force has been called into action by which the genius of a particular nation be- comes a portion of the common mind of humanity . " The case of ...
... course of history every race acquires a separate identity till " some great revolutionary force has been called into action by which the genius of a particular nation be- comes a portion of the common mind of humanity . " The case of ...
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... course of history . Consequently she did not believe in the existence of any world historical figures or men of destiny . In the following words she expresses her anti - Hegelian attitude : There are few prophets in the world ; few ...
... course of history . Consequently she did not believe in the existence of any world historical figures or men of destiny . In the following words she expresses her anti - Hegelian attitude : There are few prophets in the world ; few ...
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