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Supplementary Essay I. Examination of Mr. Herbert Spencer's Theistical Argument, and criticism to show that it is inadequate to sustain the doctrine of "Cosmic Theism" which Mr. Fiske endeavours to rear upon it.

From A Candid Examination of Theism by Romanes, George John

Mr. Newman's quarto volume on Theism, written in metre, is the greatest compendium of Theistical argument published in my time, and until Darwin wrote, no entirely conclusive answer was possible.

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob

Newton himself, in his Theistical character, wrote and talked as though most blissfully ignorant of that rule.

From An Apology for Atheism Addressed to Religious Investigators of Every Denomination by One of Its Apostles by Southwell, Charles