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... arrangements of the universe had been originated in the same manner , as it seemed to him to favour the idea of a perfect unity in the action of the One Eternal and Infinite . After this point was attained , he was not long in ...
... arrangements of the universe had been originated in the same manner , as it seemed to him to favour the idea of a perfect unity in the action of the One Eternal and Infinite . After this point was attained , he was not long in ...
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... arrangements of the universe . demanded no new power or means in nature , for the changes of an embryo fell little short of the required advances from species to species . The doctrine of unity of organization ; the affinities seen in ...
... arrangements of the universe . demanded no new power or means in nature , for the changes of an embryo fell little short of the required advances from species to species . The doctrine of unity of organization ; the affinities seen in ...
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... to objections ; to which he would respectfully call the attention of those who have been led to believe that the work is not supported by the facts of science . CONTENTS . The Bodies of Space , their Arrangements and X PREFACE .
... to objections ; to which he would respectfully call the attention of those who have been led to believe that the work is not supported by the facts of science . CONTENTS . The Bodies of Space , their Arrangements and X PREFACE .
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Robert Chambers. CONTENTS . The Bodies of Space , their Arrangements and Formation PAGE 1 Constituent Materials of the Earth , and of the other Bodies of Space 18 The Earth Formed - Geological Changes Lower and Upper Silurian Formations ...
Robert Chambers. CONTENTS . The Bodies of Space , their Arrangements and Formation PAGE 1 Constituent Materials of the Earth , and of the other Bodies of Space 18 The Earth Formed - Geological Changes Lower and Upper Silurian Formations ...
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... scale xxvii 11. Variability of Species . xxviii 12. Answers to Objections : Mr. Hugh Miller . Professor Sedgwick's Preface , etc. Dr. Hitchcock . xxxiii xlvii lix THE BODIES OF SPACE , THEIR ARRANGEMENTS AND FORMATION . xii CONTENTS ,
... scale xxvii 11. Variability of Species . xxviii 12. Answers to Objections : Mr. Hugh Miller . Professor Sedgwick's Preface , etc. Dr. Hitchcock . xxxiii xlvii lix THE BODIES OF SPACE , THEIR ARRANGEMENTS AND FORMATION . xii CONTENTS ,
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admitted advance affinity Agassiz America amongst animal kingdom Annelides appear aquatic belemnites birds bivalve body brachiopods brain called carboniferous carnivorous cephalopoda character civilization cloth connexion creation cretaceous Crinoidea crustacea Devonian dicotyledons DISEASES distinct earth eocene example existence external fact faculties favour Fcap feet fishes formation fossils gasteropods genera genus geological globe grade habits herbivorous higher human hypothesis Ichthyosaur idea Illustrations inferior Infusoria insects instances invertebrate kind land language larvæ living mammæ mammalia manner marine matter Medical mental mind mode mollusks naturalists nature observed oolite organic origin peculiar phenomena plants portion Post 8vo present principle produced Professor race regard regions remarkable reptiles resemblance respect rocks saurian says Second Edition Sedgwick seen shells species stirps strata structure superior supposed surface tertiary thecodonts tion trace tribes Trilobites vegetable vertebrata vertebrate whole
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Page lx - Thus, the production of new forms, as shewn in the pages of the geological record, has never been anything more than a new stage of progress in gestation, an event as simply natural, and attended as little by any circumstances of a wonderful or startling kind, as the silent advance of an ordinary mother from one week to another of her pregnancy.
Page 329 - A law presupposes an agent, for it is only the mode according to which an agent proceeds: it implies a power, for it is the order according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this power, which are both distinct from itself, the law does nothing, is nothing. The expression, "the law of metallic nature...