Nature of the material worldLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1834 - Natural history |
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... reason's spite , One truth is clear , WHATEVEr is , is right . If every thing be right at present , there is no necessity for a day of correction or retribution hereafter ; and the chief argument afforded by nature in favour of a future ...
... reason's spite , One truth is clear , WHATEVEr is , is right . If every thing be right at present , there is no necessity for a day of correction or retribution hereafter ; and the chief argument afforded by nature in favour of a future ...
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... reason concerning it when its reference is to the latter : and hence we have no authority to say that it is impossible to the Deity ; or to maintain that an absolute creation out of nothing by the Deity is an absurdity or self - con ...
... reason concerning it when its reference is to the latter : and hence we have no authority to say that it is impossible to the Deity ; or to maintain that an absolute creation out of nothing by the Deity is an absurdity or self - con ...
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... reason should in- duce us to embrace the last with the same prompti- tude with which we reject the other three . So far , indeed , from intimating any absurdity in the idea that matter may be created out of nothing by the interposition ...
... reason should in- duce us to embrace the last with the same prompti- tude with which we reject the other three . So far , indeed , from intimating any absurdity in the idea that matter may be created out of nothing by the interposition ...
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... reason to believe , are composed of similar substances , and regulated by the same laws . We stretch out our view on every side , but there are still worlds beyond us ; we call in the aid of the best telescopes , but they still surpass ...
... reason to believe , are composed of similar substances , and regulated by the same laws . We stretch out our view on every side , but there are still worlds beyond us ; we call in the aid of the best telescopes , but they still surpass ...
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... reason , is the view taken of this abstruse subject in the pages of genuine , unsophisticated , and correctly interpreted revelation , in which the pre- sent is represented as a state , not of actual necessity , but of pre - ordained ...
... reason , is the view taken of this abstruse subject in the pages of genuine , unsophisticated , and correctly interpreted revelation , in which the pre- sent is represented as a state , not of actual necessity , but of pre - ordained ...
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acid action already observed animal animal and vegetable appears Aristotle Aristoxenus arteries atmosphere atoms attraction birds blood bodies bones called capable carbone carbonic acid cause chiefly chyle common compound conceived consequence consists constitutes cotyledon curious cuticle Cuvier degree denominated distinct doctrine earth elementary Empedocles Epicurus equally eternal existence fibres fishes fluid formation gastric juice gneiss gravitation harmony heat hence hypothesis infinite divisibility insects instances irritability kind lacteals laws lecture less Lucretius lungs manner mass material matter means mineral minute motion muscles muscular nature organs origin oxyde oxygene particles peculiar perfect perhaps perpetually petrifactions phænomena Phil philosophers plants Plato possess present principle produced properties proportion putrefaction Pythagoras quadrupeds radicles regarded rocks secernent secreted seeds skin solid species stomach substance supposed surface theory thing traced Trans tree tribes vapour variety various veins vessels visible whole worms zoophytes
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Page 40 - From Harmony, from heavenly Harmony This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.
Page 185 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent. Then THY sun...
Page 20 - Men suffer all their life long under the foolish superstition that they can be cheated. But it is as impossible for a man to be cheated by any one but himself, as for a thing to be and not to be at the same time.
Page 18 - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Page 60 - While the Particles continue entire, they may compose Bodies of one and the same Nature and Texture in all Ages : But should they wear away, or break in pieces, the Nature of Things depending on them would be changed.