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in recent tim es has resulted, not Do you
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only in the rem odelling of opinion
The science of geology, at first t on the subjects th a t fall im m ediate- • T o rc h o f R easo n?
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searches pursued in external iia
not get elsew here for th ree tim es the
who saw th at its teachings weie un­
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ture, but it has com pletely revolu­
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tionized thought upon num erous
that had been so long cherished as subjects lying to some extent quite! Do you ta k e th e
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which no opposition could gainsay man w ill, the m ystery of m entality,
and no'sophistry overturn. In con­ the laws of thought, the phenom e­ W ill you a c c e p t
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C h ild e rs &. S m ith
greater im portance, the scientific
to be cast to the winds, and the the­
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W ater S treet,
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in earlier and d a rk e r ages have evolution. Indeed, as Mr. H erbert
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ian alone. T his is only a lim ited SIL V E R T O N
offer. You should tak e advantage
been banished to the oblivion where Spencer has shown, this principle
of it at once.
lie buried so m any errors of the operates everyw here, and covers the
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Then, too, the discovery of the doc­
before contended, with a degree of
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t r in e of th e conservation of energy
dogmatism as positive and vehe­
S tivei ton, Oregon.
and the bringing to light the fact
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ment as any to which the history th a t law operates every where, have
C a rp e n te rs a n d J o in e r s , for m o rtisin g ,
of the most benighted ages had changed m en’s views regarding the
such as le ttin g in locks, as it tak e s th e
borne witness, th a t the earth could m iraculous, the display of alleged
place of chisel an d gouge; to
not be more than six or seven thous­ supernatural power, and even the
C a b in e t M a k e r s , for inlaid w ork, dow-
elling, p atch in g , rem oving sp lits and
and years old, now came to recog­ conception of ( io d . Theology is no
knots. In fact, no
nize the fact th at m illions of ages longer defended on the old lines; M a in S t r e e t
S ilv e r to n , O re
W a g o n o r P a t te r n M a k e r m a n u fa c tu r­
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m atters. So strange a being is man as stable and fixed as the granite
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that no inconsistency was seen in peaks of the Andes.
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