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... , or something like enough to it to make it seem to him probable , or at least possible . So , and so only , will he become a scientific man , and a good geologist ; and acquire that habit of mind by which alone he can 4 TOWN GEOLOGY .
... , or something like enough to it to make it seem to him probable , or at least possible . So , and so only , will he become a scientific man , and a good geologist ; and acquire that habit of mind by which alone he can 4 TOWN GEOLOGY .
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... seem to me strange , to use the mildest word , that people whose destiny it is to live , even for a few short years ... seems strange , I say , that such people should in general be so careless about the constitution of this same planet ...
... seem to me strange , to use the mildest word , that people whose destiny it is to live , even for a few short years ... seems strange , I say , that such people should in general be so careless about the constitution of this same planet ...
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... seem ruined for ever : and all because men will not learn nor obey those physical laws of the universe , which ( whether we be conscious of them or not ) are all around us , like walls of iron and of adamant — say rather , like some ...
... seem ruined for ever : and all because men will not learn nor obey those physical laws of the universe , which ( whether we be conscious of them or not ) are all around us , like walls of iron and of adamant — say rather , like some ...
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... seem as yet to defy our classification into plants or animals . Suppose he learnt something of this , but nothing of aught else . Would he have gained no solid wisdom ? He would be a stupider man than I have a right to believe any of my ...
... seem as yet to defy our classification into plants or animals . Suppose he learnt something of this , but nothing of aught else . Would he have gained no solid wisdom ? He would be a stupider man than I have a right to believe any of my ...
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... seem but too likely to repeat themselves again and again all over the world , in the same hopeless circle . Aristocracies of mere birth decay and die , and give place to aristocracies of mere wealth ; and they again to " aristocracies ...
... seem but too likely to repeat themselves again and again all over the world , in the same hopeless circle . Aristocracies of mere birth decay and die , and give place to aristocracies of mere wealth ; and they again to " aristocracies ...
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Página 284 - I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made : marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
Página 318 - While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.
Página 9 - Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
Página 17 - Iron sharpeneth iron ; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.
Página 323 - My substance, was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Thine eyes, did see my substance, yet being imperfect ; and, in thy book, all my members, were written, which, in continuance, were fashioned, when, as yet, there was none of them.
Página 213 - As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the bald top of an eminence; Wonder to all who do the same espy, By what means it could thither come, and whence; So that it seems a thing endued with sense : Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself...
Página 253 - No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
Página 283 - Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
Página 305 - For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things which are made, even his eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse.
Página 285 - Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled : thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.