Vestiges of the natural history of creation [by R. Chambers].John Churchill, Princes Street, Soho, 1853 - 356 páginas |
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... mode in which the Divine Power is exercised . It is but another phrase for the action of the ever - present and sustaining God . ' 1 See Proofs , Illustrations , & c . , No. 1 . Viewing Nature in this light , the pursuit of science 10 ...
... mode in which the Divine Power is exercised . It is but another phrase for the action of the ever - present and sustaining God . ' 1 See Proofs , Illustrations , & c . , No. 1 . Viewing Nature in this light , the pursuit of science 10 ...
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... mode of their origin is therefore inconceivable . Having , more- over , in gravitation , a general source of motion , and knowing in what various ways and to what various results a motive power may be applied , —see , for a familiar ...
... mode of their origin is therefore inconceivable . Having , more- over , in gravitation , a general source of motion , and knowing in what various ways and to what various results a motive power may be applied , —see , for a familiar ...
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... mode of detecting the nature of these trees was devised by some naturalists residing in the northern capital . Taking thin polished cross slices of the stem , and subjecting them to the microscope , they detected the structure of the ...
... mode of detecting the nature of these trees was devised by some naturalists residing in the northern capital . Taking thin polished cross slices of the stem , and subjecting them to the microscope , they detected the structure of the ...
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... mode of gestation , which is only in small part uterine - this family is usually regarded as only a little advanced above the character of the bird . The highest part of the oolitic formation presents some phenomena of an unusual and ...
... mode of gestation , which is only in small part uterine - this family is usually regarded as only a little advanced above the character of the bird . The highest part of the oolitic formation presents some phenomena of an unusual and ...
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... mode of his operations . The ignorant believe the very hand of Deity to be at work . Amongst the learned , we hear of " creative fiats , " " interferences , " " interpositions of the creative energy , " all of them very obscure phrases ...
... mode of his operations . The ignorant believe the very hand of Deity to be at work . Amongst the learned , we hear of " creative fiats , " " interferences , " " interpositions of the creative energy , " all of them very obscure phrases ...
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admitted advance affinity Agassiz America amongst animal kingdom Annelides appear aquatic belemnites birds bivalve body brachiopods brain called carboniferous carnivorous cephalopoda character civilization cloth connexion creation cretaceous Crinoidea crustacea Devonian dicotyledons DISEASES distinct earth eocene example existence external fact faculties favour Fcap feet fishes formation fossils gasteropods genera genus geological globe grade habits herbivorous higher human hypothesis Ichthyosaur idea Illustrations inferior Infusoria insects instances invertebrate kind land language larvæ living mammæ mammalia manner marine matter Medical mental mind mode mollusks naturalists nature observed oolite organic origin peculiar phenomena plants portion Post 8vo present principle produced Professor race regard regions remarkable reptiles resemblance respect rocks saurian says Second Edition Sedgwick seen shells species stirps strata structure superior supposed surface tertiary thecodonts tion trace tribes Trilobites vegetable vertebrata vertebrate 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...