Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I (of 3) An Historical Sketch doc

... It has directly affected such distant points as Balkh, Java and Japan and it is still living and active. But life and action mean change and such wide extension in time and space implies variety. ... reach Hinduism and Buddhism, Volume 1 19 Hinduism and Buddhism, Volume 1 Project Gutenberg's Hinduism and Buddhism, Vol I. (of 3), by Charles Eliot This...

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... teaching of Sâkyamuni and has an historical introduction connecting it with Queen Vaidehî and King Bimbisâra. In theology it is more advanced than the other treatises: it is familiar with the doctrine ... worship of Amitâbha was never predominant in India. In Nepal and Tibet he is one among many deities: the Chinese pilgrims hardly mention him: his figure is not particularly frequen...

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... can be no question that he saw at this time a great deal of Germany and of German life, and that his experiences impressed him and remained with him, vivid and pleasant memories. In the beginning ... profession whose duties bring one into close touch with all sorts and conditions of men. His imagination was lively and fertile, his vision kaleidoscopic, his power of observation qui...

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... The idea is like truth itself, so simple and obvious that those who read and understand it will be struck by its simplicity; and yet it is perfectly original. The reasoning is close and clear, and ... islands, which in their zoological affinities are Asiatic, and an eastern, which are Australian. The Oriental Borneo and Bali are respectively divided from the Australian Celebes...

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... subjected, Tahiti and some others having been built up by volcanic action in the Pliocene period? Madeira and the Canaries were islands in the Upper Miocene ocean, and may therefore well have peculiar ... quite distinct individual, with distinct parents originating in a distinct locality, and perhaps with a very different constitution, merely because it also is sterile with the bulk o...

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... authorities of the Post Office.[81] Finding it impossible to impress the official mind, Sir Rowland Hill issued the pamphlet to the public,[82] and it met with immediate, widespread, and influential ... substitution.[60] If so, his faith in his plan was abundantly justified. Notwithstanding the handicap of increased rates, it was an unqualified success, and the effect on the revenue w...

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... mediævalism or paganism, intrinsically meaningless and issueless, of another. More attention is now paid to the mysteries of Byron's life than to the merits of his work, and criticism and morality ... characteristics of that spirit, its freedom and spaciousness, its humaneness and wide sociality, its versatility and many-sidedness and passionate feeling for the great natura...

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... CROSS. Part III. MEDITATIONS ON CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3), by John The Project Gutenberg eBook, Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3), by John Henry Newman This eBook is ... is strictly Tartar or Scythian; the greater portion is but Scythian in its first origin, many ages ago, and has long surrendered its wandering or nomad habits, its indolen...

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