The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, Volume 2Sumner and Goodman, 1849 - Astronomy |
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... WISDOM AND INTELLIGENCE OF THE DEITY Wisdom defined - Displayed in the Structure of the Solar System . Distance of the Sun. Rotation of the Planets - Principal reason why such a motion exists . Wisdom displayed in other Systems . Minute ...
... WISDOM AND INTELLIGENCE OF THE DEITY Wisdom defined - Displayed in the Structure of the Solar System . Distance of the Sun. Rotation of the Planets - Principal reason why such a motion exists . Wisdom displayed in other Systems . Minute ...
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... Wisdom displayed in its construction . Light - its velocity , minuteness , colours , and adaptation to the eye . MANNER IN WHICH VISION IS PERFORMED - explained by a figure , and an experiment - illustrated by the view from Salisbury ...
... Wisdom displayed in its construction . Light - its velocity , minuteness , colours , and adaptation to the eye . MANNER IN WHICH VISION IS PERFORMED - explained by a figure , and an experiment - illustrated by the view from Salisbury ...
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... wisdom and benevolence of God , and the mode of his present and future operations - improves the condition of man - and carries forward our views to a more glorious and auspicious era . ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY Their general object ...
... wisdom and benevolence of God , and the mode of his present and future operations - improves the condition of man - and carries forward our views to a more glorious and auspicious era . ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY Their general object ...
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... wisdom and happiness , -the greater part ofreligionists , on the other hand , have been disposed to treat scientific knowledge , in its relation to religion , with a degree of indiffer- ence bordering upon contempt . Both these dis ...
... wisdom and happiness , -the greater part ofreligionists , on the other hand , have been disposed to treat scientific knowledge , in its relation to religion , with a degree of indiffer- ence bordering upon contempt . Both these dis ...
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... Wisdom and Omnipotence are most power- fully demonstrated : we should remain destitute of those sublime conceptions of the perfections and agency of Jehovah which the grandeur and immensity of his works are calculated to inspire . we ...
... Wisdom and Omnipotence are most power- fully demonstrated : we should remain destitute of those sublime conceptions of the perfections and agency of Jehovah which the grandeur and immensity of his works are calculated to inspire . we ...
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