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Essays on freethinking and plainspeaking

lxiv, 410 p. : · "This collection of certain of the earlier essays of the late Sir Leslie Stephen was originally published in Great Britain and the United States in 1873... Also... two papers written, one by the Rt. Hon. James Bryce... and the others by ... Herbert W. Paul. These papers were originally published in the Quarterly review." -- Publishers note · The broad church -- Religion as a fine art -- Darwinism and divinity -- Are we Christians? -- A bad five minutes in the Alps -- Shaftesbury's "Characteristics" -- Mandeville's "Fable of the bees" -- Warburton -- An apology for plainspeaking

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