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... such intellectual esca- pades . Dazzled by their marvelous achievements in measuring the stellar spaces and recovering the his- tory of extinct species , physical investigators have fancied that 28 PHYSICAL AND RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE .
... such intellectual esca- pades . Dazzled by their marvelous achievements in measuring the stellar spaces and recovering the his- tory of extinct species , physical investigators have fancied that 28 PHYSICAL AND RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE .
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... space which it can bear witness to is but a little corner in the great field of Nature , and the induction of the premise still falls immensely short of the universality which the con- clusion demands THE CLAIM OF SCIENCE . 89.
... space which it can bear witness to is but a little corner in the great field of Nature , and the induction of the premise still falls immensely short of the universality which the con- clusion demands THE CLAIM OF SCIENCE . 89.
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... space of possibility for the gener- ality of mankind busied with other matters . " This is equally true of almost every other branch of sci- ence . If the student of physical knowledge should accept nothing on authority , he would spend ...
... space of possibility for the gener- ality of mankind busied with other matters . " This is equally true of almost every other branch of sci- ence . If the student of physical knowledge should accept nothing on authority , he would spend ...
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... space . But in almost all cases , not alone in analogical reasoning , but in the best inductions , in all those which much advance knowl- edge , our conclusions must pass beyond the narrow confines of our data . " In natural history ...
... space . But in almost all cases , not alone in analogical reasoning , but in the best inductions , in all those which much advance knowl- edge , our conclusions must pass beyond the narrow confines of our data . " In natural history ...
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... space and short fragment of duration to which our observations are limited , it becomes probable only . It is not absolutely certain that the law of gravitation continues to hold good beyond the far- thest nebulæ of Herschel . It is not ...
... space and short fragment of duration to which our observations are limited , it becomes probable only . It is not absolutely certain that the law of gravitation continues to hold good beyond the far- thest nebulæ of Herschel . It is not ...
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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 102 - Every body continues in its state of rest or of uniform motion in a straight line, except in so far as it may be compelled by impressed forces to change that state.
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 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.