Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, Volumen1Victoria Institute., 1867 |
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... of the case , as I shall now endeavour to prove . But first let us look at the facts themselves . * See p . 30 . It may be regarded as simply notorious , that Science Objects of the Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society.
... of the case , as I shall now endeavour to prove . But first let us look at the facts themselves . * See p . 30 . It may be regarded as simply notorious , that Science Objects of the Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society.
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... proved to be , not the contradictions of true science , but merely the rash deductions of false or pseudo science . * To this proposed course , it may obviously be objected , in limine , that it assumes science to be at fault , and with ...
... proved to be , not the contradictions of true science , but merely the rash deductions of false or pseudo science . * To this proposed course , it may obviously be objected , in limine , that it assumes science to be at fault , and with ...
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... prove a negative , and affirmed it had succeeded in a some- what positive manner . But Sir Charles Lyell tells us , in his Bath address , that " late discoveries in Canada have at last demonstrated that certain theories founded in ...
... prove a negative , and affirmed it had succeeded in a some- what positive manner . But Sir Charles Lyell tells us , in his Bath address , that " late discoveries in Canada have at last demonstrated that certain theories founded in ...
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... prove that there are now no scientific views opposed to the Scriptures . Were that the case - had every quasi - fact and every " scientific " theory already shared the fate of the azoic ages and the " original igneous fluidity of the ...
... prove that there are now no scientific views opposed to the Scriptures . Were that the case - had every quasi - fact and every " scientific " theory already shared the fate of the azoic ages and the " original igneous fluidity of the ...
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tradictory to the Mosaic Cosmogony , has since been abundantly proved . Yet many persons at one time professed to agree with Professor Sedgwick , and freely " interpreted " the Scriptures to make out a kind of agreement between them and ...
tradictory to the Mosaic Cosmogony , has since been abundantly proved . Yet many persons at one time professed to agree with Professor Sedgwick , and freely " interpreted " the Scriptures to make out a kind of agreement between them and ...
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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.