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... Vestiges of Creation , " he seized upon an imperfect induction to give an additional blow to an hypothesis which he had already effectually demolished by arguments of unquestioned validity . He thought , and in this he has been followed ...
... Vestiges of Creation , " he seized upon an imperfect induction to give an additional blow to an hypothesis which he had already effectually demolished by arguments of unquestioned validity . He thought , and in this he has been followed ...
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... Vestiges of Creation . " No lineage through prior eras can be traced for the mammalia of Nebraska . None of them , or no approaches to them , have a place in the secondary period of the geologists . When God created them , to use the ...
... Vestiges of Creation . " No lineage through prior eras can be traced for the mammalia of Nebraska . None of them , or no approaches to them , have a place in the secondary period of the geologists . When God created them , to use the ...
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... vestiges of man . It is not for us to seek a reason for this , to us , slow dignity in the march of the Divine ... creation leads us to suppose a priori that the dispensations by which He would communicate His solaces and directions to ...
... vestiges of man . It is not for us to seek a reason for this , to us , slow dignity in the march of the Divine ... creation leads us to suppose a priori that the dispensations by which He would communicate His solaces and directions to ...
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... Vestiges of Creation , on the subject of animal development . † A History of Infusorial Animalcules , etc. , by Andrew Pritchard , M.R.I. London : Whittaker & Co. , 1852 , p . 27 . of great exactness and beauty , -published in 1856 , 33 ...
... Vestiges of Creation , on the subject of animal development . † A History of Infusorial Animalcules , etc. , by Andrew Pritchard , M.R.I. London : Whittaker & Co. , 1852 , p . 27 . of great exactness and beauty , -published in 1856 , 33 ...
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... Vestiges of Creation . " 19 b2 . The tad - pole " develops , " he tells us , into a " frog forgetting this change is the growth of each individual of * Carpenter's Physiology , p . 75 . † God Revealed in Creation , p . 105 . the frog ...
... Vestiges of Creation . " 19 b2 . The tad - pole " develops , " he tells us , into a " frog forgetting this change is the growth of each individual of * Carpenter's Physiology , p . 75 . † God Revealed in Creation , p . 105 . the frog ...
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Page 338 - I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: That God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured, sir, in the sacred writings, that 'except the Lord build the House they labour in vain that build it.
Page 198 - There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? Simon answered and said, I suppose that he to whom he forgave most.
Page 209 - Let us be patient! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise. But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors: Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but sad funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps.
Page 135 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 75 - There is a river in the ocean. In the severest droughts it never fails, and in the mightiest floods it never overflows. Its banks and its bottom are of cold water, while its current is of warm. The Gulf of Mexico is its fountain, and its mouth is in the Arctic Seas.. It is the Gulf Stream.
Page 206 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one Talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He returning chide, " Both God exact day-labour, light denied ?
Page 83 - I wish the good old times would come again," she said, "when we were not quite so rich. I do not mean that I want to be poor ; but there was a middle state" — so she was pleased to ramble on, — "in which I am sure we were a great deal happier. A purchase is but a purchase, now that you have money enough and to spare. Formerly it used to be a triumph. When we coveted a cheap luxury (and...
Page 86 - ... was impossible we should spend so much next year; and still we found our slender capital decreasing. But then, betwixt ways, and projects, and compromises of one sort or another, and talk of curtailing this charge, and doing without that for the future, and the hope that youth brings, and laughing spirits (in which you were never poor till now), we pocketed up our loss, and in conclusion, with ' lusty brimmers ' (as you used to quote it out of hearty cheerful Mr. Cotton, as you called him), we...
Page 338 - Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayers in this room for the divine protection. Our prayers, Sir, were heard ;-and they were graciously answered.
Page 112 - When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; Rejoicing in the habitable part oi his earth ; and my delights were with the sons of men.