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... earth exists , or is ; it is equally a fact that the earth moves . That there is a sun in the heavens is a fact of one order ; that this sun illumines objects on the earth is a fact of a different order , — it is an event which takes ...
... earth exists , or is ; it is equally a fact that the earth moves . That there is a sun in the heavens is a fact of one order ; that this sun illumines objects on the earth is a fact of a different order , — it is an event which takes ...
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... earth and water , which make those various aliments ; but something which , being below all these , and supporting them all , is yet different from them all , and essential to their existence . " Certainly , this idea is a pure ...
... earth and water , which make those various aliments ; but something which , being below all these , and supporting them all , is yet different from them all , and essential to their existence . " Certainly , this idea is a pure ...
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... earth , really distinct from nature , though pervading it with his presence , all - wise and all - powerful , the conscious Cause and present Ruler of all things . I am not taking these attributes for granted , but simply stating the ...
... earth , really distinct from nature , though pervading it with his presence , all - wise and all - powerful , the conscious Cause and present Ruler of all things . I am not taking these attributes for granted , but simply stating the ...
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... earth , put together with slow toil , and their history with difficulty spelt out . They do not rest on a few experiments carefully devised and with great labor repeated . The study of years is not required before their import can be ...
... earth , put together with slow toil , and their history with difficulty spelt out . They do not rest on a few experiments carefully devised and with great labor repeated . The study of years is not required before their import can be ...
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... earth is but a part , even on the supposition that the laws which now seem to control its action shall continue for ever in force , without restraint , limit , or interference from the omnipo- tent hand which first established them ...
... earth is but a part , even on the supposition that the laws which now seem to control its action shall continue for ever in force , without restraint , limit , or interference from the omnipo- tent hand which first established them ...
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Page 35 - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 24 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will, and Fate— Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute — And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 144 - 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, by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man, who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking, can ever fall into it.
Page 92 - Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains ; and of all that we behold From this green earth...
Page 377 - there is more joy in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.
Page 136 - But wandering oft, with brute unconscious gaze, Man marks not Thee, marks not the mighty Hand That, ever busy, wheels the silent spheres ; Works in the secret deep ; shoots, steaming, thence The fair profusion that o'erspreads the Spring...
Page 371 - What nothing earthly gives or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy, Is virtue's prize...
Page 137 - The secrets of the hoary deep; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
Page 164 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 51 - In short, there are two principles which I cannot render consistent, nor is it in my power to renounce either of them, viz. that all our distinct perceptions are distinct existences, and that the mind never perceives any real connexion among distinct existences.