Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, Volumen1 |
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... that " the whole is greater than the part , " or " that things which are equal to the same are equal to one another , " cannot step over the very threshold of geometry . Nor are these axioms confined to self - evident truths .
... that " the whole is greater than the part , " or " that things which are equal to the same are equal to one another , " cannot step over the very threshold of geometry . Nor are these axioms confined to self - evident truths .
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... that " the whole is greater than the part , " or " that things which are equal to the same are equal to one another , " cannot step over the very threshold of geometry . Nor are these axioms confined to self - evident truths .
... that " the whole is greater than the part , " or " that things which are equal to the same are equal to one another , " cannot step over the very threshold of geometry . Nor are these axioms confined to self - evident truths .
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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.