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Herbert Spencer’s Philosophy: An Exposition By fjnot'u^ 
Is Agnosticism Philosophical ? .. n.. 1% 
Agnosticism and Theism .. Bv W R t t r. 
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Sacred and Secular B ,* a §S art - 
Agnosticisms Dogmatism.. .' ,7 By A. McDonnell!* 
a.d. 2500 . Antipodean Agnosticism By W Gre-ithppH 
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