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: " By further reflecting that the clearest evidence would be requisite to make any sane man believe in the miracles by which Christianity is supported, — that the more we know of the fixed laws of nature the more incredible, do miracles become, — that the men at that time were ignorant and credulous to a degree almost incomprehensible by us, — that the Gospels cannot be proved to have been written simultaneously with the events, — that they differ in many important details, far too important as it seemed to me to be admitted as the usual inaccuracies of eyewitness ; — by such reflections as these, which I give not as having the least novelty or value, but as they influenced me, I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelation.
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By the 16th century, a cappella polyphony had further developed, but gradually, the cantata began to take the place of a cappella forms.
* By intensifying the will-forces through exercises such as a chronologically reversed review of the day's events, the meditant can achieve a further stage of inner independence from sensory experience, leading to direct contact, and even union, with spiritual beings (" Intuition ") without loss of individual awareness.
By a further act of 1541 — which was not repealed until 1845 — artificers, labourers, apprentices, servants and the like were forbidden to play bowls at any time except Christmas, and then only in their master's house and presence.
By such subtle means were Cranmer's purposes further confused, leaving it for generations to argue over the precise theology of the rite.
By the 1961 Formula One season, the Lotus and Ferrari teams had developed the mid-engined approach further than Cooper.
By the beginning of the eighteenth century, the Royal Society in England was discussing the practice of inoculation, and the smallpox epidemic in 1713 spurred further interest.
( By six weeks in the human embryo ) the prosencephalon then divides further into the telencephalon and diencephalon ; and the rhombencephalon divides into the metencephalon and myelencephalon.
By January 1972, Berg introduced through his letters that he was God's prophet for this time, further establishing his spiritual authority within the group.
By reducing the number of tracks used ( and thus the capacity ), Commodore could further reduce cost-in contrast to the double-density drives used e. g. in IBM PCs of the day which saved 180 KB on one side ( by using a 40-track format ).
By three years, infants will move further away from their mothers.
By exposing an azeotrope to a vacuum or positive pressure, it's possible to bias the boiling point of one component away from the other by exploiting the differing vapour pressure curves of each ; the curves may overlap at the azeotropic point, but are unlikely to be remain identical further along the pressure axis either side of the azeotropic point.
By the beginning of August 1524, they had received the requisite permission to discover and conquer lands further south.
By 2007, the Falkland Islands had a road network of with a further roads planned for construction link to all occupied mainland settlements by 2013.
By 1918, two French mathematicians, Pierre Fatou and Gaston Julia, though working independently, arrived essentially simultaneously at results describing what are now seen as fractal behaviour associated with mapping complex numbers and iterative functions and leading to further ideas about attractors and repellors ( i. e., points that attract or repel other points ), which have become very important in the study of fractals ( see Figure 3 and Figure 4 ).
By the end of the war, turbojet engines were replacing piston engines as the means of propulsion, further increasing their speed.
By the early 1950s the Soviet Union had seized reparations in the form of agricultural and industrial products and demanded further heavy reparation payments.
By the further appropriation of the Duchy of Jägerndorf, George came into possession of all Upper Silesia.
By 1997, the federal government had already cut tariffs to 22. 5 percent from 57. 5 percent ten years earlier, and by 2000 were planning to reduce this even further down to 15 percent.
By the mid 1960s, Viola Spolin's classes were handed over to her protégé, Jo Forsberg, who further developed Spolin's methods into a one-year course, which eventually became The Players Workshop, the first official school of improvisation in the USA.
By mid-afternoon, the Ndwandwe were exhausted and their force weakened further by small groups of men going off in search of water.
By signing into law the Tariff of 1828, quite unpopular in parts of the south, he further antagonized the Jacksonians.
By the end of 2008, parties had a hard time agreeing on further budget cuts, ( mainly in the social sphere ) the planned reorganization of the government, and layoffs.
By August 2009, Latvia's GDP had fallen by 20 % year on year, with S & P predicting a further 16 % contraction to come.
# By self knowledge to further the acceptance of the idea of the Celtic character of Cornwall, one of the six Celtic nations.
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By 1952 the company no longer had its own stand at the Paris motorshow, but one of their cars appeared as a star attraction on the large Panhard stand, reflecting the level of cooperation between the two businesses.
By July the party was only receiving 3 % support in opinion polls, a record low, reflecting what political insiders had called his " last stand " in January, comparing Westerwelle and his party to Captain Ahab and the Pequod.
By December 1927, a local newspaper reflecting on the growth of the area published an article that stated ; " The West End of today, with its far spread rail yards to Belle Isle, steel works, potteries, automotive and gear plants, residential hills, parks, circles and business centers, is only beginning to emerge into the character it will play in the drama of the greater city.
By the 15th century these could be extremely morbid and explicit, reflecting an increased obsession with death and decay also seen in the Ars moriendi, Danse Macabre, and the overlapping motif of the Memento mori.
By the 18th century, the castle had become run down, reflecting the failing fortunes of the Butler family.
By the time of his death, in 1918, he had made it possible for the never-ending search for the bizarre in literature to be viewed not just as an amusing but pointless game, but as a true method, a metaphysical quest, reflecting more profound concerns and higher literary ambitions.
The name " Fabyc " is an acronym meaning " Family By Choice ", and she has used this name since she was nineteen, as it gives her the freedom to make her work without worrying about it reflecting on her family.
" By the late 1970s the show had grown to such an extent that Bob Schreck recalled visiting with his then-boss Gary Berman of Creation Conventions and reflecting, " While kept repeating ( attempting to convince himself ) ' This show's not any bigger than ours!
By this time NASDA had spent only US $ 305 million since the project was approved in 1988, reflecting the status as a research project.
By 1937, Hitler started to increase both the sums of Reichmarks and raw materials to the Kriegsmarine, reflecting the increasing conviction that if war came, then Britain would be an enemy, not an ally of Germany.
By the early 1990s, the work of social theorists such as Niklas Luhmann began reflecting these themes of complex behavior.
By late 2003, and reflecting a widespread decline in UK superclub attendances, the event had gone from monthly to being held only on special occasions such as Bank Holidays.
By law, all grapes in the region must be harvested by hand, reflecting the practice of making with wine using carbonic maceration, whole berry fermentation which emphasizes fruit flavors without extracting bitter tannins from the grape skins.
By the 1950s, there are Norwegian-language fashion magazines in the home, reflecting the fact that by this time there is an actual choice of furnishings, clothing and so on available and that people once again have enough disposable income to spend on non-essentials.
By transmitting visible light wavelengths while reflecting infrared, hot mirrors can also serve as dichromatic beam splitters for specialized applications in fluorescence microscopy.
By contrast, CSC is focused on the output from, rather than the character or emotional consequences of, meetings or relationships, reflecting the difference between " communication " and " collaboration ".
By 1950 roads had been laid out, many of their names reflecting the local history: Johan Meyer Street after the original owner of the farm, Risi Avenue after the developers Risi Investment.
By dawn, he is so tired he falls asleep, causing the aircraft to circle and descend, but sunlight reflecting off the mirror awakens him in time to regain control.
By the end the 19th century, reflecting the personal preferences of Emperor Dom Pedro II ( 1825 – 1891 ), the National Museum started to invest in the areas of the anthropology, paleontology and archaeology.
By the Great Depression, the Glenville neighborhood had become the epicenter of Cleveland's Jewish population, with the high school reflecting the change.
By the 1950s, the neighborhood was predominantly African-American, with the school's enrollment reflecting the shift accordingly.
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