Vestiges of the natural history of creation [by R. Chambers].John Churchill, Princes Street, Soho, 1853 - 356 páginas |
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... geologists . It seemed to him logically necessary that we should regard the organic part of nature as having been instituted in the manner of law also , though not less under the pro- vidential care of the Supreme than the physical ...
... geologists . It seemed to him logically necessary that we should regard the organic part of nature as having been instituted in the manner of law also , though not less under the pro- vidential care of the Supreme than the physical ...
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... geologists . It seemed to him logically necessary that we should regard the organic part of nature as having been instituted in the manner of law also , though not less under the pro- vidential care of the Supreme than the physical ...
... geologists . It seemed to him logically necessary that we should regard the organic part of nature as having been instituted in the manner of law also , though not less under the pro- vidential care of the Supreme than the physical ...
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... geologist deals , a similar or analogous evolution of being , throwing off , as it were , the various species as it proceeded , until it rested ( if it does rest ) with humanity itself ? The idea was of startling novelty and vastness ...
... geologist deals , a similar or analogous evolution of being , throwing off , as it were , the various species as it proceeded , until it rested ( if it does rest ) with humanity itself ? The idea was of startling novelty and vastness ...
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... geologists . It is found that a certain kind of rock , below which there is never , in ordinary circumstances , any other kind , is of crystalline character . Sometimes elevated in naked mountain masses , sometimes found only at great ...
... geologists . It is found that a certain kind of rock , below which there is never , in ordinary circumstances , any other kind , is of crystalline character . Sometimes elevated in naked mountain masses , sometimes found only at great ...
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... Geologists , however , group them in formations or systems , partly with reference to their lithological characters and the breaks in stratific arrangement above described , and partly with regard to an entirely different class of ...
... Geologists , however , group them in formations or systems , partly with reference to their lithological characters and the breaks in stratific arrangement above described , and partly with regard to an entirely different class of ...
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admitted advance ages America amongst animals appear arrangement become believe birds body called cause character civilization cloth common connected considerable considered constitution course creation DISEASES distinct early earth Edition evidence example existence external fact faculties feet fishes formation fossils genera give habits higher human hypothesis idea Illustrations instances kind known land language less living lower manner matter means Medical mind naturalists nature necessary never observed operation organic origin particular pass period phenomena plants portion possessed practical present principle produced Professor progress reason regard regions relation remains remarkable reptiles respect result rocks says Second seems seen shells Silurian similar species structure succession superior supposed surface things tion trace tribes true variety various vegetable whole
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Página lx - Thus, the production of new forms, as shewn in the pages of the geological record, has never been anything more than a new stage of progress in gestation, an event as simply natural, and attended as little by any circumstances of a wonderful or startling kind, as the silent advance of an ordinary mother from one week to another of her pregnancy.
Página 329 - A law presupposes an agent, for it is only the mode according to which an agent proceeds: it implies a power, for it is the order according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this power, which are both distinct from itself, the law does nothing, is nothing. The expression, "the law of metallic nature...