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"None," with emphasis 12 cases. Examples: 

 " None whatever ; '" " not in the least; " " not 

 in the slightest ; " " decidedly not ; " " certainly 

 not." (3) " None," with various classes of reasons 

 why it had not 14 cases. (4) Has had a 

 good and not a bad effect 8 cases. 



Further specimens of the first two groups 

 "no," with or without emphasis, are needless; 

 but I will give extracts from the remainder, 

 divided under convenient heads. 



Have no dread of inquiry. 1. "I do not 

 think so. At the time when I held strongly the 

 . . . dogmatic system I never could apprehend 

 any dread of the results of free inquiry." 2. 

 " None whatever. Absolute and fearless faith 

 in the truth." 3. " I was left free to choose 

 my own religion, and believe that there is no 

 real antagonism between revealed religion and 

 the study of nature." 



Religion and science have different spheres. 

 1. " No ; it [religious creed] has no point of 

 contact with chemistry." 



