Selections from the Correspondence of R.E.H. Greyson, Esq. [pseud.]

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Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, and Roberts, 1861 - 432 pages

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To Alfred West Esq On the Peace Principles
289
To the Rev Charles Ellis B D On the Arguments for Immortality
294
To the Same On coming to the Use of Spectacles
298
To On Behalf a Young Offender Visit to the Zoological Gardens
305
To Alfred West Esq AngloSaxon Criminal Code
311
To the Same Sedatives of Anger Youthful Hopes
313
To the Same On the Plurality of Worlds Controversy
316
To the Same Subject continued
321
To the Rev C Ellis A double Defeat and no Victory Dispute between an Atheist and a Deist
324
To the Same Subject continued
328
To a Friend who had become a Deist First of Eight Letters to a Deist
336
To the Same Subject continued
340
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To the Same Subject continued
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364
To C Mason Esq On the Discoveries of Dr Hassalls Microscope
369
To Alfred West Esq True Catholicism
372
To C Mason Esq On Beards
375
To a Gentleman who would be a Christian yet rejected all the peculiar facts and Doctrines of historical Christianity
378
To a Young Friend disposed to make the Discrepancies in Scripture a Reason for Renouncing Christianity
384
To the Same Subject continued
389
To Alfred West Esq Transmutation and Develop ment Theories
394
To the Same Subject continued
397
To the Same Subject continued
401
To his Nephew T G Student in the University of Edinburgh The Prima Philosophia
407
To the Same Hints for an Encomium Atheismi
414
To the Same Notice of certain Atheistical Sophisms
420
To the Same Brief Answers to Three Queries
428

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