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in the immortality of the soul. But to him religion and life were one indivisible whole. His religion may be summed up in a real endeavour 'to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly' with his God." Macpherson certainly had a great interest in the history and development of religion in
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Macpherson's son informs us that his father was a "convinced Theist. He sat loose to dogma, and stood for freedom of thought in matters theological." ... "In private life my father was a devout believer in spiritual realities. Very firm was his belief in the overruling care of a
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Macpherson's son suggests that his father's "own creed was a blend of what may be called the
Carlylean and the Spencerian thought, combining the moral fire of the one with the scientific orderliness and logical precision of the other." He gives us no further details concerning how this remarkable
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wrote a foreword to that pamphlet in which he argues that liberalism rather than socialism is the answer. Churchill finishes by saying: "They wish to reconstruct the world. They begin by leaving out human nature."
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book attempts to reconcile the disparate views of
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while being sympathetic with
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and moved to
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and other intellectual giants. At this
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