...one of the greatest, was one of the most daring of its advocates. This is one of his statements: " The dim and shadowy outlines of the superhuman deity...greater clearness the shape of a yet grander and nobler figure—of Him who made all gods and shall unmake them. From the dim dawn of history, and from the...

...Positivism, or Humanitarianism, thus defined by one of its great representatives, Professor Clifford : The dim and shadowy outlines of the superhuman deity fade slowly away before us, and as the mist of his presence floats aside we perceive with greater and greater clearness...

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...too much for them. But as we lie lonely on the sand after the annihilation of "the superhuman deity," as the mist of his presence floats aside, we perceive with " greater and greater clearness " — in the words of the Professor who has helped us to kill the oldfashioned God — " the shape...

...amore. For, after all, such a helper of men, outside of humanity, the truth will not allow us to see. The dim and shadowy outlines of the super-human deity fade slowly away from before ui ; and as the mist of his presence floats aside, we perceive with greater and greater clearness the...

...himself to speak of the delusions of Christianity as respectable, he breaks forth into this peroration : 'The dim and shadowy outlines of the superhuman deity...From the dim dawn of history, and from the inmost depths of every soul, the face of our Father manjlooks out upon us with the fire of eternal youth in...

...Christianity as respectable, he breaks forth into this peroration : 7<X> Professor Clifford. [November ' The dim and shadowy outlines of the superhuman deity...grander and nobler figure — of Him who made all (rods and shall unmake them. From the dim dawn of history, and from the inmost depths of every soul,...

...what is the result ? Clifford was prepared to tell us. ' The dim and shadowy outlines,' he says, ' of the superhuman deity fade slowly away from before us; and as the mist of his presence lloats aside we perceive with greater and greater clearness the shape of a yet grander and nobler figure...

...men : " For, after all, such a helper of man outside of humanity, the truth will not allow us to see. The dim and shadowy outlines of the superhuman deity fade slowly away from before us ; and, an the mist of his presence floats aside, we perceive with greater and greater clearness the shape...

...yet — the only god ! With utter loathing we give the following reprehensible declaration : — " The dim and shadowy outlines of the superhuman deity fade slowly away from before ^1s ; and as the mist of his presence floats aside, we perceive with greater and greater clearness...