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Natural Law in the Spiritual World

Henry Drummond

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 227 pages

A collection of essays applying analogies from natural science to spiritual life. Henry Drummond explores themes such as growth, degeneration, environment, and eternal life, arguing that the spiritual world may also follow law. It is worth listening for its thoughtful attempt to connect faith and nature.

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NATURAL LAW
IN THE
SPIRITUAL WORLD.
BY
HENRY DRUMMOND. F.R.S.E.: F.G.S.
NEW YORK:
HURST & CO., Publishers,
122 NASSAU ST.
ARGYLE PRESS
PRINTING AND BOOKBINDING,
24 & 26 WOOSTER ST., N. Y.
Transcriber's Note:
Minor typographical errors have been
corrected without note.

All Greek words have mouse-hover
transliterations, βιος, and appear
as originally printed, except for
two significant errors as noted at
the end of the text.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Preface,
5
Introduction,
21
Biogenesis,
59
Degeneration,
83
Growth,
99
Death,
111
Mortification,
133
Eternal Life,
149
Environment,
181
Conformity to Type,
203
Semi-Parasitism,
223
Parasitism,
237
Classification,
255
PREFACE.
No class of works is received with more suspicion, I had
almost said derision, than those which deal with Science

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Contents

  1. NATURAL LAW IN THE SPIRITUAL WORLD.
  2. CONTENTS.
  3. PREFACE.
  4. INTRODUCTION.
  5. BIOGENESIS.
  6. DEGENERATION.
  7. GROWTH.
  8. DEATH.
  9. MORTIFICATION.
  10. ETERNAL LIFE.
  11. ENVIRONMENT.
  12. CONFORMITY TO TYPE.
  13. SEMI-PARASITISM.
  14. PARASITISM.
  15. CLASSIFICATION.
  16. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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