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... sacrilegious intruder upon the domain of revealed truth , and that , among almost all denominations and phases of religious thought , there has been more or less suspicion , jeal- ousy , and abuse of physical investigation . It is.
... sacrilegious intruder upon the domain of revealed truth , and that , among almost all denominations and phases of religious thought , there has been more or less suspicion , jeal- ousy , and abuse of physical investigation . It is.
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... thoughts after him — it is only when pur- sued in this mood , I believe , that science can do its best work . To bring , then , these two poles of modern thought into harmonious relations with each other , is a work of prime importance ...
... thoughts after him — it is only when pur- sued in this mood , I believe , that science can do its best work . To bring , then , these two poles of modern thought into harmonious relations with each other , is a work of prime importance ...
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... thoughts , designed , if possible , to clear up some of the compli- cations and remove some of the oppositions of the ... thought and imagination , that vener- able encyclopædia of all the poetry , science , history 12 PHYSICAL AND ...
... thoughts , designed , if possible , to clear up some of the compli- cations and remove some of the oppositions of the ... thought and imagination , that vener- able encyclopædia of all the poetry , science , history 12 PHYSICAL AND ...
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... exist between them , and the actual identity of interests which binds them together , and which should be acknowl- edged in word , thought , and action . CHAPTER I. NO NECESSARY ANTAGONISM BETWEEN SCIENCE AND RELIGION . INTRODUCTION . 15.
... exist between them , and the actual identity of interests which binds them together , and which should be acknowl- edged in word , thought , and action . CHAPTER I. NO NECESSARY ANTAGONISM BETWEEN SCIENCE AND RELIGION . INTRODUCTION . 15.
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... thought has taken , the new base of operations which it demands , and the new weap- ons it requires . As Hugh Miller said years ago , " Before the churches can be prepared , competently , to deal with the infidelity of an age so largely ...
... thought has taken , the new base of operations which it demands , and the new weap- ons it requires . As Hugh Miller said years ago , " Before the churches can be prepared , competently , to deal with the infidelity of an age so largely ...
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Page 138 - That gravity should be innate, inherent, and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else...
Page 69 - If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number'} No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.
Page 199 - Whereas the main Business of Natural Philosophy is to argue from Phenomena without feigning Hypotheses, and to deduce Causes from Effects, till we come to the very first Cause, which certainly is not mechanical; and not only to unfold the Mechanism of the World, but chiefly to resolve these and such like Questions.
Page 196 - The scientific imagination, which is here authoritative, demands, as the origin and cause of a series of ether-waves, a particle of vibrating matter . quite as definite, though it may be excessively minute, as that which gives origin to a musical sound.
Page 102 - Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a straight line, except so far as it may be compelled by force to change that state.
Page 171 - There is no such science. There are no rules on these subjects so fixed and invariable as that their aggregate constitutes a science. I believe I have recently ran over twenty volumes, from Adam Smith to Professor Dew, of Virginia, and from the whole, if I were to pick out with one hand all the mere truisms, and with the other all the doubtful propositions, little would be left On Monday we propose to take up Kendall and Noah.