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... produce doubt and disbelief . man can judge fairly as to whether or not there is a God , who makes the question turn on what is the significance of a few particular facts , who is incapable of gathering up into one general finding the ...
... produce doubt and disbelief . man can judge fairly as to whether or not there is a God , who makes the question turn on what is the significance of a few particular facts , who is incapable of gathering up into one general finding the ...
Page 104
... produced by causes , as water by the union of hydrogen and oxygen . But by this we only mean that when they begin to exist , their beginning is the effect of a cause . But their beginning to exist is not an object , it is an event . If ...
... produced by causes , as water by the union of hydrogen and oxygen . But by this we only mean that when they begin to exist , their beginning is the effect of a cause . But their beginning to exist is not an object , it is an event . If ...
Page 105
... element , which have been produced under con- ditions that render them incapable of being af- 1 Three Essays on Religion , pp . 142 , 143 . fected by any tests or agencies which the analyst in Had the Universe an Origin ? 105.
... element , which have been produced under con- ditions that render them incapable of being af- 1 Three Essays on Religion , pp . 142 , 143 . fected by any tests or agencies which the analyst in Had the Universe an Origin ? 105.
Page 107
... produced such a universe as that in which we live . Grant all the atoms of matter to be eternal , grant all the properties and forces which , with the small- est degree of plausibility , can be claimed for them to be eternal and ...
... produced such a universe as that in which we live . Grant all the atoms of matter to be eternal , grant all the properties and forces which , with the small- est degree of plausibility , can be claimed for them to be eternal and ...
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... produce the simplest of the regular arrangements which we comprehend under the designation of course of nature , or the lowest of vegetable or animal organ- isms ; millions of millions to one that they would never produce a solar system ...
... produce the simplest of the regular arrangements which we comprehend under the designation of course of nature , or the lowest of vegetable or animal organ- isms ; millions of millions to one that they would never produce a solar system ...
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Page 176 - When he established the clouds above : When he strengthened the fountains of the deep : When he gave to the sea his decree, That the waters should not pass his commandment: When he appointed the foundations of the earth : 235 Then I was by him, as one brought up with him : And I was daily his delight, Rejoicing always before him ; Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth ; And my delights were with the sons of men.
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