Lay Sermons, Addresses, and ReviewsMacmillan and Company, 1870 - 378 pages |
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... practical life ; and that , in this respect , if in no other , the movement symbolized by the progress of the Royal Society stands without a parallel in the history of mankind . A series of volumes as bulky as the Transactions of the ...
... practical life ; and that , in this respect , if in no other , the movement symbolized by the progress of the Royal Society stands without a parallel in the history of mankind . A series of volumes as bulky as the Transactions of the ...
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... practical , than the attempt to keep the axle of a wheel from heating when the wheel turns round very fast ? How useful for carters and gig drivers to know something about this ; and how good were it , if any ingenious person would find ...
... practical , than the attempt to keep the axle of a wheel from heating when the wheel turns round very fast ? How useful for carters and gig drivers to know something about this ; and how good were it , if any ingenious person would find ...
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... practical eternity of the duration of the universe ; if the physical and chemical philosophers have demonstrated the infinite minuteness of its constituent parts , and the practical eternity of matter and of force ; and if both have ...
... practical eternity of the duration of the universe ; if the physical and chemical philosophers have demonstrated the infinite minuteness of its constituent parts , and the practical eternity of matter and of force ; and if both have ...
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... practical eternity ; they are familiar with the conception that our earth is but an infinitesimal fragment of that part of the universe which can be seen ; and that , nevertheless , its duration is , as compared with our standards of ...
... practical eternity ; they are familiar with the conception that our earth is but an infinitesimal fragment of that part of the universe which can be seen ; and that , nevertheless , its duration is , as compared with our standards of ...
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... practical results of the improvement of natural knowledge , and its beneficial influence on material civili- zation , it must , I think , be admitted that the great ideas , some of which I have indicated , and the ethical spirit which I ...
... practical results of the improvement of natural knowledge , and its beneficial influence on material civili- zation , it must , I think , be admitted that the great ideas , some of which I have indicated , and the ethical spirit which I ...
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