The Reason Why: A Careful Collection of Many Hundreds of Reasons for Things Which, Though Generally Believed, Are Imperfectly Understood, a Book of ... Knowledge for the Million (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0267699158 ISBN 13: 9780267699155

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Reason Why: A Careful Collection of Many Hundreds of Reasons for Things Which, Though Generally Believed, Are Imperfectly Understood, a Book of Condensed Scientific Knowledge for the Million

It is not contended that the mere acquisition of knowledge will either ensure a good moral nature, or convey religious truth. But both religion and morals will find in the diffusion of knowledge a groundwork upon which their loftier temples may discover an acceptable foundation.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0267699158
• ISBN 13: 9780267699155
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 348