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الصفحة 38
... ether , w plays itself in molecular forces of all kinds , a stretches through the whole of inorganic and existence to the highest ranges of human though pages would be required to deal at all fully wit portion of this subject , but that ...
... ether , w plays itself in molecular forces of all kinds , a stretches through the whole of inorganic and existence to the highest ranges of human though pages would be required to deal at all fully wit portion of this subject , but that ...
الصفحة 96
... ether is atomic . I hold that ether is most certainly not atomic , not discontinuous ; it is an absolutely continuous medium , without breaks or gaps or spaces of any kind in it , —the universal connector - permeating not only the rest ...
... ether is atomic . I hold that ether is most certainly not atomic , not discontinuous ; it is an absolutely continuous medium , without breaks or gaps or spaces of any kind in it , —the universal connector - permeating not only the rest ...
الصفحة 97
... ether the energy is called potential . All the activity of the material universe is due to , or represented by , or displayed in , the continual interchanges . of energy from matter to ether , and back again , accom- panied by its ...
... ether the energy is called potential . All the activity of the material universe is due to , or represented by , or displayed in , the continual interchanges . of energy from matter to ether , and back again , accom- panied by its ...
الصفحة 98
... ether , as a smoke ring loses its individuality in common air . A common vortex ring of air or water contains within itself the seeds of its own decease ; it is composed of an im- perfect fluid , possessing , that is to say , viscosity ...
... ether , as a smoke ring loses its individuality in common air . A common vortex ring of air or water contains within itself the seeds of its own decease ; it is composed of an im- perfect fluid , possessing , that is to say , viscosity ...
الصفحة 142
... ether around us , and I find the psychic specially sensitive to them , even to the extent of sometimes receiving premonitions of impending danger . It is to be regretted that so much imposture has gathered round the display of these ...
... ether around us , and I find the psychic specially sensitive to them , even to the extent of sometimes receiving premonitions of impending danger . It is to be regretted that so much imposture has gathered round the display of these ...
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الصفحة 137 - I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech ; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me: To him my tale I teach.
الصفحة 175 - For his religion, it was fit To match his learning and his wit : 'Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of errant saints, whom all men grant To be the true church militant ; Such as do build their faith upon The holy text of pike and gun ; Decide all controversies by Infallible artillery ; And prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks...
الصفحة 4 - Let us understand, once for all, that the ethical progress of society depends, not on imitating the cosmic process, still less in running away from it, but in combating it.
الصفحة 125 - We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes us receivers of its truth and organs of its activity. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams.
الصفحة 109 - Through muddy impurity, As when with the daring Last look of despairing Fixed on futurity. Perishing gloomily, Spurred by contumely, Cold inhumanity, Burning insanity, Into her rest. Cross her hands humbly, As if praying dumbly, Over her breast ! Owning her weakness, Her evil behavior, And leaving, with meekness, Her sins to her Saviour ! (The vigour of this poem is no less remarkable than its pathos.
الصفحة 163 - On Butler, who can think without just rage, The glory and the scandal of the age ? Fair stood his hopes, when first he came to town, Met everywhere with welcomes of renown.
الصفحة 164 - For loyalty is still the same Whether it win or lose the game ; True as the dial to the sun, Although it be not shin'd upon.
الصفحة 164 - Or at a city feast to dine, But Hudibras must still be there, Or all the fat was in the fire. Now, after all, was it not hard That he should meet with no reward, That fitted out this Knight and Squire, This monarch did so much admire ? That he should never reimburse The man for th' equipage or horse, Is sure a strange, ungrateful thing, In any body but a King.
الصفحة 161 - In this mist of obscurity passed the life of Butler, a man whose name can only perish with his language. The mode and place of his education are unknown; the events of his life are variously related ; and all that can be told with certainty is, that he was poor.
الصفحة 24 - The secrets of the hoary deep; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost...