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doctrines are yet only partially received by many 

 calling themselves Christians; but surely happy are 

 they who believe, and whose lives are heightened and 

 ennobled by such belief. Yet it is well for them to 

 remember that, to some small extent, these beliefs 

 have been shared by the pious souls of all ages and 

 peoples, and that the existence of the belief in God 

 and immortality, even among the lowest races, is an 

 element of hope, as presenting some opening and 

 implying some capacity for higher truths. 



