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Page 37
... structure of both , has designed the one to be capable of inflicting death upon the other . This mental purpose and resolve is the one thing which our intelligence perceives with direct and intuitive recognition . The method of creation ...
... structure of both , has designed the one to be capable of inflicting death upon the other . This mental purpose and resolve is the one thing which our intelligence perceives with direct and intuitive recognition . The method of creation ...
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... structure of these flowers is elaborately contrived , so as to secure the certainty and effec- tiveness of this operation . Mr Darwin's work is devoted to tracing in detail what these con- trivances are . To a large extent they are ...
... structure of these flowers is elaborately contrived , so as to secure the certainty and effec- tiveness of this operation . Mr Darwin's work is devoted to tracing in detail what these con- trivances are . To a large extent they are ...
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... structure of another . Now there are two questions which present themselves when we examine such a mechanism as this . The first is , What is the use of the various parts , or their relation to each other with refer- ence to the purpose ...
... structure of another . Now there are two questions which present themselves when we examine such a mechanism as this . The first is , What is the use of the various parts , or their relation to each other with refer- ence to the purpose ...
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... structure of this curious order of plants . " Caution in ascribing intentions to nature " does not seem to occur to him as possible . Intention is the one thing which he does see , and which , when he does not see , he seeks for ...
... structure of this curious order of plants . " Caution in ascribing intentions to nature " does not seem to occur to him as possible . Intention is the one thing which he does see , and which , when he does not see , he seeks for ...
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... structure Mr Darwin says : - " This contrivance of the guiding ridges may be compared to the little instrument some- times used for guiding a thread into the eye of a needle . " Again , referring to the precautions taken to compel the ...
... structure Mr Darwin says : - " This contrivance of the guiding ridges may be compared to the little instrument some- times used for guiding a thread into the eye of a needle . " Again , referring to the precautions taken to compel the ...
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Page 32 - Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written; Which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Page 47 - Flow thro' our deeds and make them pure, That we may lift from out of dust A voice as unto him that hears, A cry above the...
Page 5 - This also we humbly and earnestly beg, that human things may not prejudice such as are Divine ; neither that from the unlocking of the gates of sense, and the kindling of a greater natural light, anything of incredulity, or intellectual night, may arise in our minds towards Divine mysteries.
Page 58 - Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence: truths that wake, To perish never; Which neither listlessness, nor mad endeavour, Nor Man nor Boy, Nor all that is at enmity with joy, Can utterly abolish or destroy!
Page 102 - Thro' his dim water-world? IV Slight, to be crush'd with a tap Of my finger-nail on the sand, Small, but a work divine, Frail, but of force to withstand. Year upon year, the shock Of cataract seas that snap The three-decker's oaken spine Athwart the ledges of rock, Here on the Breton strand!
Page 148 - Qualis spelunca subito commota columba, Cui domus et dulces latebroso in pumice nidi, Fertur in arva volans, plausumque exterrita pennis 215 Dat tecto ingentem, mox aere lapsa quieto Radit iter liquidum, celeres neque commovet alas : Sic Mnestheus, sic ipsa fuga secat ultima Pristis Aequora, sic illam fert impetus ipse volantem.
Page 284 - Thus, whatever system of organs be studied, the comparison of their modifications in the ape series leads to one and the same result — that the structural differences which separate man from the gorilla and the chimpanzee are not so great as those which separate the gorilla from the lower apes.
Page 130 - The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
Page 372 - The mill-owners collected, as apprentices, boys and girls, youths and men, and women, of all ages. In very many cases no provision adequate, or even decent, was provided for their accommodation. The hours of labor were excessive. The ceaseless and untiring agency of machines kept no reckoning of the exhaustion of human nerves. The factory system had not been many years in operation when its effects were seen. A whole generation were growing up under conditions of physical degeneracy, of mental ignorance,...
Page 132 - No wonder that the Wise King reckoned it among the great mysteries of Nature ! The Force of Gravitation, though its exact measure was not ascertained till the days of Newton, has been the most familiar of all Forces in all ages of Mankind. How, then, in violation of its known effects, could heavy bodies be supported upon the thin air — and be gifted with the power of sustaining and directing movements more easy, more rapid, and more certain than the movements of other animals upon the firm and...