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... otherwise possess . The subject proposed to me was limited : my pre- scribed object is to lead the friends of religion to look with confidence and pleasure on the progress of the physical sciences , by showing how admirably every.
... otherwise possess . The subject proposed to me was limited : my pre- scribed object is to lead the friends of religion to look with confidence and pleasure on the progress of the physical sciences , by showing how admirably every.
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William Whewell. of the physical sciences , by showing how admirably every advance in our knowledge of the universe harmonizes with the belief of a most wise and good God . To do this effectualiv , may be , I trust , a useful labour ...
William Whewell. of the physical sciences , by showing how admirably every advance in our knowledge of the universe harmonizes with the belief of a most wise and good God . To do this effectualiv , may be , I trust , a useful labour ...
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... Physical World is the Governor of the Moral World II . On the Vastness of the Universe III . On Man's Place in the Universe IV . On the Impression produced by the Contemplation of Laws of Nature : or , on the Conviction that Law im ...
... Physical World is the Governor of the Moral World II . On the Vastness of the Universe III . On Man's Place in the Universe IV . On the Impression produced by the Contemplation of Laws of Nature : or , on the Conviction that Law im ...
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... physical science to which we can attain . The labour and the endowments of ages have been employed in bringing such science into the condition in which it now exists ; and an exact and extensive discipline in mathematics , followed by a ...
... physical science to which we can attain . The labour and the endowments of ages have been employed in bringing such science into the condition in which it now exists ; and an exact and extensive discipline in mathematics , followed by a ...
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... physical agents , moisture , electricity , magne- tism , light , operate at the surface of the earth , according to their peculiar laws . This surface is , as we know , clothed with a covering of plants , and inhabited by the various ...
... physical agents , moisture , electricity , magne- tism , light , operate at the surface of the earth , according to their peculiar laws . This surface is , as we know , clothed with a covering of plants , and inhabited by the various ...
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الصفحة 225 - Skill of a powerful ever-living Agent, who being in all Places, is more able by his Will to move the Bodies within his boundless uniform Sensorium, and thereby to form and reform the Parts of the Universe, than we are by our Will to move the Parts of our own Bodies.
الصفحة 198 - This Being governs all things, not as the soul of the world, but as Lord over all; and on account of his dominion he is wont to be called Lord God...
الصفحة 226 - Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...
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الصفحة 107 - ... are periodical, and included within narrow limits ; so that the planetary system will only oscillate about a mean state, and will never deviate from it, except by a very small quantity. The ellipses of the planets have been and always will be nearly circular. The ecliptic will never coincide with the equator ; and the entire extent of the variation, in its inclination, cannot exceed three degrees.
الصفحة 197 - And though every true Step made in this Philosophy brings us not immediately to the Knowledge of the first Cause, yet it brings us nearer to it, and on that account is to be highly valued.