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"Prose"
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"Male"
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"An attempt to prove the materiality of the soul, by reason and scripture. With an appendix, shewing the influence of this opinion upon the faith and practice of Christians. By the Rev. Edward Holmes"
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"Industrial Revolution"
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Date: 1789
"I conceive that a newly created spiritual substance would be a perfect tabula rasa, without a single idea till it was supplied by its own experience and reflection; nor can I understand how matter, mere matter, unconnected with a really active substance, could begin to perceive or ...
preview | full record— Holmes, Edward (1737/8-1799)