Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, Volumen1Victoria Institute., 1867 |
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... civilization . There never was a period in the world's progress in which there was so widely spread a scepticism in faith and morals as in the days of Augustus Cæsar . If nothing had been divinely done to arrest the moral decay of the ...
... civilization . There never was a period in the world's progress in which there was so widely spread a scepticism in faith and morals as in the days of Augustus Cæsar . If nothing had been divinely done to arrest the moral decay of the ...
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... civilization . ( Hear , hear . ) He had formed the acquaintance of a Kaffir while in Africa , with whom he still kept up a correspondence , and he was one of the noblest specimens of a Christian man which he had ever met with in his ...
... civilization . ( Hear , hear . ) He had formed the acquaintance of a Kaffir while in Africa , with whom he still kept up a correspondence , and he was one of the noblest specimens of a Christian man which he had ever met with in his ...
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... civilization , though some would still maintain a fabulous antiquity for ancient Egyptian civilization . We may doubt , with Sir G. Lewis , whether much real progress has been made in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics ; but analogy ...
... civilization , though some would still maintain a fabulous antiquity for ancient Egyptian civilization . We may doubt , with Sir G. Lewis , whether much real progress has been made in deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphics ; but analogy ...
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... civilization or elevation of character . The " many inventions , " whether for good or evil , whether for man's com- fort or destruction , which were readily found out , were yet not all discovered in a moment ; and , as necessity is ...
... civilization or elevation of character . The " many inventions , " whether for good or evil , whether for man's com- fort or destruction , which were readily found out , were yet not all discovered in a moment ; and , as necessity is ...
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... civilization differing from And we find that all the traditions of their past relate to preceding civilizations , and those frequently superior to that of their then present condition . In no instance is there a record , and apparently ...
... civilization differing from And we find that all the traditions of their past relate to preceding civilizations , and those frequently superior to that of their then present condition . In no instance is there a record , and apparently ...
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Página 70 - He telleth the number of the stars, and calleth them all by their names.
Página 70 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Página 61 - To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree.
Página 70 - Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints; who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name ? for thou only art holy ; for all nations shall come and worship before thee ; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Página 51 - A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.
Página 114 - The trees of the Lord are full of sap ; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Página 68 - Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Página 55 - I believe that animals have descended from at most only four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number. Analogy would lead me one step further, namely, to the belief that all animals and plants have descended from some one prototype. But analogy may be a deceitful guide.
Página 68 - If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me ; Even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the . darkness hideth not from Thee ; but the night shineth As the day : the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Página 54 - He created a few original forms, capable of self-development into other and needful forms, as to believe that He required a fresh act of creation to supply the voids caused by the action of His laws.