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The question "Can We Still Believe?" would seem then to have for answer in our time at best, "Speculatively, perhaps yes! but practically, no!"

From Religion And Health by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

Speculatively he eyed the buildings about him as he entered the city.

From Star Born by Norton, Andre

Speculatively he was as open-minded as a reader and follower of Mill might be expected to be.

From A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2 by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Speculatively for one brief instant the girl stood cocking her head toward the door of her father's room.

From Little Eve Edgarton by Crosby, Raymond Moreau

Speculatively we have the right, although the complex vision is silent on that tremendous question, to dally with the idea of the survival of the soul after the death of the body.

From The Complex Vision by Powys, John Cowper