The Supernatural in Nature: A Verification by Free Use of ScienceC. K. Paul & Company, 1880 - 509 pages |
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... less of spon- taneous action in Nature , strange to say , some assume univer- sality of rigid action in physical laws - which action is not known to be true of any law at all , and , absurdly enough , they apply it to religion and ...
... less of spon- taneous action in Nature , strange to say , some assume univer- sality of rigid action in physical laws - which action is not known to be true of any law at all , and , absurdly enough , they apply it to religion and ...
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... less , on the one hand , than the loss of everything which can elevate man ; and , on the other , his degradation to a brute - nature . Those who trifle . with unbelief should well understand this ultimate issue , and draw back while ...
... less , on the one hand , than the loss of everything which can elevate man ; and , on the other , his degradation to a brute - nature . Those who trifle . with unbelief should well understand this ultimate issue , and draw back while ...
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... less incomprehensible than those of the vast and bright far - off suns . This connection of all visible things with the invisible , and of life with germs that possibly are not organised in the sense of being eggs - possibly , in ...
... less incomprehensible than those of the vast and bright far - off suns . This connection of all visible things with the invisible , and of life with germs that possibly are not organised in the sense of being eggs - possibly , in ...
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... less future ; the first link hides in the past eternal , and the last vanishes in the future eternal ; all Nature , on one side , touches the seen , on the other , the unseen . It is an essential part of our nature to be conscious of ...
... less future ; the first link hides in the past eternal , and the last vanishes in the future eternal ; all Nature , on one side , touches the seen , on the other , the unseen . It is an essential part of our nature to be conscious of ...
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... less than religion , can stand alone ; but must freely combine with all right efforts for the betterment of our race . Men of science are priests of the material universe ; why do they not , seeing that the feelings of awe , reverence ...
... less than religion , can stand alone ; but must freely combine with all right efforts for the betterment of our race . Men of science are priests of the material universe ; why do they not , seeing that the feelings of awe , reverence ...
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