Astronomy and General Physics Considered with Reference to Natural TheologyH.G. Bohn, York Street, Covent Garden, 1862 - 328 pages |
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... combined with , our views of the world itself , undergo modifications , as we are led by new discoveries , new generalisations , to regard nature in a new light . The conceptions concerning the Deity , his mode of effecting his purposes ...
... combined with , our views of the world itself , undergo modifications , as we are led by new discoveries , new generalisations , to regard nature in a new light . The conceptions concerning the Deity , his mode of effecting his purposes ...
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... combination of those fundamental regulations by which the course of nature is brought about , and made to be what it is . If a man were , by some extraordinary event , to find himself in a remote and unknown country , so entirely ...
... combination of those fundamental regulations by which the course of nature is brought about , and made to be what it is . If a man were , by some extraordinary event , to find himself in a remote and unknown country , so entirely ...
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... combined and balanced . And the general tendency of the results thus produced may discover to us something of the character of the power which has legislated for the material world . We are not to push too far the analogy thus suggested ...
... combined and balanced . And the general tendency of the results thus produced may discover to us something of the character of the power which has legislated for the material world . We are not to push too far the analogy thus suggested ...
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... combined and intermixed in incalculable and endless complexity , influencing and modifying each other's effects in every direction . If we attempt to comprehend at once the whole of this complex system , we find ourselves utterly ...
... combined and intermixed in incalculable and endless complexity , influencing and modifying each other's effects in every direction . If we attempt to comprehend at once the whole of this complex system , we find ourselves utterly ...
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... combined influence of these on a sober and reflecting frame of mind . However strong and solemn be the conviction which may be derived from a contemplation of nature , concerning the existence , the power , the wisdom , the goodness of ...
... combined influence of these on a sober and reflecting frame of mind . However strong and solemn be the conviction which may be derived from a contemplation of nature , concerning the existence , the power , the wisdom , the goodness of ...
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action adaptation adjusted animals appear arrangements astronomers atmosphere bodies Bohn's CHAP character climate conceive condition connexion consequences consider constitution contemplation contrivance creation Creator deductive reasoning degree depend discovery distance Divine earth Edition effects Engravings existence fact faculties final causes fluid force friction globe gravity heat History Illustrations impression intelligence Jupiter kind knowledge Laplace laws of motion laws of nature light luminiferous ether magnitude manner mass material world mathematical matter means mechanical mechanical philosophy mind mode moisture moral natural philosophy Natural Theology Nebular Hypothesis Newton objects observe operation orbit organic organised P. L. SIMMONDS particles peculiar period perpetually phenomena philosophers physical planets portion Portrait present principles produced properties purpose quantity racter reason relations result revolution revolving solar system STANDARD LIBRARY stars suppose surface temperature tendency things tion trace Translated truths universe vapour vegetable velocity vibrations vols WILLIAM HAZLITT WILLIAM WHEWELL
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