Author: Samuel Butler

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-02

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9781333438234

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Excerpt from God the Known and God the Unknown There are many who see nothing in this tendency of our nature but occasion for sar casm; those, on the other hand, who hold that the world is by this time old enough to be the best judge concerning the manage ment of its own affairs will scrutinise this management with some closeness before they venture to satirise it; nor will they do so for long without finding justification for its apparent recklessness for we must all fear responsibility upon matters about which we feel we know but little on the other hand we must all continually act, and for the most part promptly. We do so, therefore, with greater security when we can persuade both ourselves and others that a matter is already. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book God the Known and God the Unknown (Classic Reprint) written by Samuel Butler and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-02 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from God the Known and God the Unknown There are many who see nothing in this tendency of our nature but occasion for sar casm; those, on the other hand, who hold that the world is by this time old enough to be the best judge concerning the manage ment of its own affairs will scrutinise this management with some closeness before they venture to satirise it; nor will they do so for long without finding justification for its apparent recklessness for we must all fear responsibility upon matters about which we feel we know but little on the other hand we must all continually act, and for the most part promptly. We do so, therefore, with greater security when we can persuade both ourselves and others that a matter is already. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.