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" I believe in the immortality of the soul, not in the sense in which I accept the demonstrable truths of science, but as a supreme act of faith in the reasonableness of God's work. "
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Our Joe, Or, Why We Believe Our Brother Lives!

Charles Samuel Mundell - 1922 - 234 pages
...this which Dr. Fiske means when he gives us, as his credo, "I believe in the immortality of the soul as a supreme act of faith in the reasonableness of God's work !" THERE IS NO DEATH "There is no death! The stars go down To rise upon some fairer shore, And bright...
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The North American Review, Volume 217

1923 - 876 pages
...believe in the immortality of the soul, not in the sense in which I accept the demonstrable truths of science, but as a supreme act of faith in the reasonableness of God's work." Fiske here assumes no contradiction between faith and science; he rather suggests to the thoughtful...
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The North American Review, Volume 217

1923 - 866 pages
...believe in the immortality of the soul, not in the sense in which I accept the demonstrable truths of science, but as a supreme act of faith in the reasonableness of God's work." Fiske here assumes no contradiction between faith and science; he rather suggests to the thoughtful...
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Why I Believe in Religion

Charles Reynolds Brown - 1924 - 198 pages
...permanent intellectual confusion. For my part, therefore, I believe in the immortality of the soul, as a supreme act of faith in the reasonableness of God's work." The chief obstacle which hinders the advance of this hope of future life lies in the inability of many...
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Harper's Magazine, Volume 152

1926 - 818 pages
...unutterable irrationality and futility. As John Fiske said, "I believe in the immortality of the soul as a supreme act of faith in the reasonableness of God's work." THE ANATOMY OF JAZZ BY DON KNOWLTON FIVE years ago it was proper to loathe jazz. To-day it is the smart...
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The Reformed Church Review

1898 - 594 pages
...and he quotes with approbation the remark of John Fiske that belief in the immortality of the soul is a " supreme act of faith in the reasonableness of God's work." The human soul is the final product in the process of evolution, and possesses therefore not merely selective...
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All These

Paul Revere Frothingham - 1927 - 342 pages
...believe in the Immortality of the Soul, not in the sense in which I accept the demonstrable truths of Science, but as a supreme act of faith in the reasonableness of God's work." 8 That Fiske allowed his heart to influence his head in these matters is undoubtedly a fact. In his...
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Have Faith in Youth: Selected Sermons, Address and Writings

Boyd Edwards - 1928 - 288 pages
...believe in the immortality of the soul, not in the sense in which I accept demonstration of truths of Science, but as a supreme act of faith in the reasonableness of God's work." So, then, Philosophy renders its verdict and as History has said: "Man everywhere and always has believed...
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Christianity in Science

Frederick DeLand Leete - 1928 - 396 pages
...part I believe in the immortality of the soul, not in the sense that I accept the demonstrable truths of science, but as a supreme act of faith in the reasonableness of God's work."18 Fiske also expressed the conviction that modern scientific discoveries and hypotheses support...
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Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volume 37

1902 - 1154 pages
...believe in the immortality of the soul, not in the sense in which I accept the demonstrable proofs of science, but as a supreme act of faith in the reasonableness of God's work " — could not have found place in the pages of Cosmic Philosophy. Fiske may not have changed his...
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