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TH E The Second Stage ot Free- thought: Enterprise. TORCH of reason , sieve w h ic h h a s c o p fljc t a n d c o n q u e s t in it. i n c d " ‘" U« h t ¡ « a C on d i .o n o f , h e p r o g r e s s o f n a ti o n s . C ontin u ed from 1st page. RT oy > ° kkgon , librar \ m a y be lik e n e d to a of classics liberal - CI ™ A S S I ' rcs Fac-stmtle of the Illuminated Paper Covers of the L IB R A R Y L IB R A R Y - O F L IB E R A L CLASSICS. . -____ ___ ' a/Bsnrp« « a re t ’ t Í «food s e lf -d e f e n c e ” to a s s a i l it. T h e “ r i b e d b y h i s r e lig io u s | K>oks t h e ) He<l8 ed '» h y m i n u t e r u l e s a n d r e - c h u rc h f o u g h t fo r p o w e r ; t h i n k e r f o u g h t for t r u t h . F re e th o n g h t a m o n g th e liberal . ()E the Famous s o lu te ly c e r t a i n of th e t r u t h o f its i b e , t e r m e n t ? te n e ts , i t s d u t y w a s to be t o l e r a n t . 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