The unseen universe; or, Physical speculations on a future state [by B. Stewart and P.G. Tait].1875 |
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... probably owing to this cause that we have been able to preserve a kind of kinetic stability , just as a man does in consequence of being equally belaboured on all sides by the myriad petty impacts of little particles of air . Some call ...
... probably owing to this cause that we have been able to preserve a kind of kinetic stability , just as a man does in consequence of being equally belaboured on all sides by the myriad petty impacts of little particles of air . Some call ...
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... apologised for in a footnote appended to that on the " Unseen Universe . " Probably the author designed the apology to extend to it also , but forgot to say so ; again a trifle . But it is of PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . ix.
... apologised for in a footnote appended to that on the " Unseen Universe . " Probably the author designed the apology to extend to it also , but forgot to say so ; again a trifle . But it is of PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . ix.
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... probably imagined that the disgusting nature of sin would be best realised by a lengthened sojourn in the bodies of unclean animals like the pig . a worse . This doctrine of transmigration appears to have become changed , at least among ...
... probably imagined that the disgusting nature of sin would be best realised by a lengthened sojourn in the bodies of unclean animals like the pig . a worse . This doctrine of transmigration appears to have become changed , at least among ...
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... Wilkinson . and had probably been initiated into their sacred mysteries , INTRODUCTORY SKETCH . Transmigration of souls, Embalming of the body, 4557 Objections to the proposed theory of a future state replied to— Religious,
... Wilkinson . and had probably been initiated into their sacred mysteries , INTRODUCTORY SKETCH . Transmigration of souls, Embalming of the body, 4557 Objections to the proposed theory of a future state replied to— Religious,
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... probably connected together . We have seen ( Art . 4. ) that amongst the higher orders of the priesthood there was a profound , but at the same time a superstitious , reverence for the name of God , who was unnamed and un- approachable ...
... probably connected together . We have seen ( Art . 4. ) that amongst the higher orders of the priesthood there was a profound , but at the same time a superstitious , reverence for the name of God , who was unnamed and un- approachable ...
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Page 24 - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars ; for one star differeth from another star in glory, so also is the resurrection of the dead.
Page 203 - And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment; and he saith unto him, Friend, how earnest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 118 - Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life...
Page 151 - But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.
Page 152 - I WAGE not any feud with Death For changes wrought on form and face ; No lower life that earth's embrace May breed with him can fright my faith. Eternal process moving on, From state to state the spirit walks ; And these are but the shatter'd stalks, Or ruin'd chrysalis of one.
Page 14 - Let us swear an oath, and keep it with an equal mind, In the hollow Lotos-land to live and lie reclined On the hills like Gods together, careless of mankind.
Page 150 - What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands ; thou hast put all things under his feet...
Page 35 - To be no more : sad cure! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity., To perish rather, swallow'd up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated night, Devoid of sense and motion?
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Page 201 - Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us ; and to the hills, Cover us. For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry ? And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.