Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, Volumen1Victoria Institute., 1867 |
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... Speech at the Inaugural Festival , on 24th May , 1866 ; it is now here reprinted ( with the Preface and Post- script which were added to it upon the publication of the third thousand ) , as being thus connected with the history of the ...
... Speech at the Inaugural Festival , on 24th May , 1866 ; it is now here reprinted ( with the Preface and Post- script which were added to it upon the publication of the third thousand ) , as being thus connected with the history of the ...
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... speech , and requested the Professor to answer it in print ; observing that " it appeared to him , and to many wiser men , that the theories , of the Geological Society were incompatible with Christianity , ' although Professor Sedgwick ...
... speech , and requested the Professor to answer it in print ; observing that " it appeared to him , and to many wiser men , that the theories , of the Geological Society were incompatible with Christianity , ' although Professor Sedgwick ...
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... speech . The toast which he had to propose was , however , one which required no advocacy on his part to secure it a cordial reception . It was " The Learned Societies of the kingdom , and the advancement of science , art , and pure ...
... speech . The toast which he had to propose was , however , one which required no advocacy on his part to secure it a cordial reception . It was " The Learned Societies of the kingdom , and the advancement of science , art , and pure ...
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... speeches which followed it . As to the paper itself , I may say I agreed with every word of it . I think it is exactly the kind of paper with which the proceedings of the Society should be opened . What we require at the outset is an ...
... speeches which followed it . As to the paper itself , I may say I agreed with every word of it . I think it is exactly the kind of paper with which the proceedings of the Society should be opened . What we require at the outset is an ...
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... speech . " Nor , if we look to the ordinary classical meaning of the Greek , shall we find it more appro- priate . The word pilóλoyos is used by Plato to signify " fond of learned discussion ; " Isocrates employs plodoyía in the ...
... speech . " Nor , if we look to the ordinary classical meaning of the Greek , shall we find it more appro- priate . The word pilóλoyos is used by Plato to signify " fond of learned discussion ; " Isocrates employs plodoyía in the ...
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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.