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... light has taken a thousand years to reach the earth , but which also tell us what metals are in the sun and other stars ; man has not the swiftness of the deer , but he has the power of making steam - engines to carry him sixty miles in ...
... light has taken a thousand years to reach the earth , but which also tell us what metals are in the sun and other stars ; man has not the swiftness of the deer , but he has the power of making steam - engines to carry him sixty miles in ...
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... light show how decided was the progress which man had made . The lake - dwellers had learned to cultivate wheat , to store up food for winter use , to weave garments of flax , and to tame the most useful animals , such as the horse ...
... light show how decided was the progress which man had made . The lake - dwellers had learned to cultivate wheat , to store up food for winter use , to weave garments of flax , and to tame the most useful animals , such as the horse ...
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... light by day , and the moon and stars their light by night . Science illumines with new beauty the grand thoughts of the star - watching poet of old , who sang , " If I ascend up into heaven , Thou art there ; if I make my bed in the ...
... light by day , and the moon and stars their light by night . Science illumines with new beauty the grand thoughts of the star - watching poet of old , who sang , " If I ascend up into heaven , Thou art there ; if I make my bed in the ...
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... Light , " by the name still heard in Christian churches and Indian temples . That name is Deity . It comes from a very ancient word by which these people spoke of the sky , and which was afterwards applied to Him who dwells in the sky ...
... Light , " by the name still heard in Christian churches and Indian temples . That name is Deity . It comes from a very ancient word by which these people spoke of the sky , and which was afterwards applied to Him who dwells in the sky ...
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... light away ; the moon at regular times growing from sickle - shape to full round orb ; * then each night the stars , few or many , bursting out like sparks struck off the wheels of the * Moon means the measurer , hence our word month ...
... light away ; the moon at regular times growing from sickle - shape to full round orb ; * then each night the stars , few or many , bursting out like sparks struck off the wheels of the * Moon means the measurer , hence our word month ...
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Page 83 - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
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Page 4 - Quatorze;" any previous literature being for the most part unknown or ignored. Fe-w know anything of the enormous literary activity that began in the thirteenth century, was carried on by Rulebeuf, Marie de France, Gaston de Foix, Thibault de Champagne, and Lorris ; was fostered by Charles of Orleans, by Margaret of Valois, by Francis the First ; that gave a crowd of versifiers to France, enriched, strengthened, developed, and fixed the French language, and prepared the way for Corneille and for...