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pref.

American  

abbreviation

  1. preface.

  2. prefaced.

  3. prefatory.

  4. preference.

  5. preferred.

  6. prefix.

  7. prefixed.


pref. British  

abbreviation

  1. preface

  2. preference

  3. preferred

  4. prefix

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NM: corrections, revisions & full statement on pref. © 17Mar50; A42255.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1977 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Causes in Christianity for a struggle with free thought, 1, 2; in the nature of man for ditto, 13-32; moral causes of doubt, pref. vii.;

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Adam Storey Farrar

Criticism, two kinds of, pref. ix.; standard for in this work, pref. xi.; science of created by the Germans, 210.

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Adam Storey Farrar

By Herbert L. Marr, Jr. NM: pref., introductions, bibliography, editing, abridgement & arr. © 11Sep50; A47429.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1977 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Historic method of study in philosophy, 31, 379, 380, 396; the peculiarity of this age, pref. xiii.

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Adam Storey Farrar

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