Lay Sermons, Addresses, and ReviewsD. Appleton, 1880 - 378 pages |
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Thomas Henry Huxley. It may not be too great a flight of imagination to conceive our noble revenant not forgetful of the great troubles of his own day , and anxious to know how often London had been burned down since his time , and how ...
Thomas Henry Huxley. It may not be too great a flight of imagination to conceive our noble revenant not forgetful of the great troubles of his own day , and anxious to know how often London had been burned down since his time , and how ...
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... conceptions of the universe and of themselves , and has profoundly altered their modes of thinking and their views of right and wrong . I say that natural knowledge , seeking to satisfy natural wants , has found the ideas which can ...
... conceptions of the universe and of themselves , and has profoundly altered their modes of thinking and their views of right and wrong . I say that natural knowledge , seeking to satisfy natural wants , has found the ideas which can ...
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... conceptions of the plan and working of the universe all mankind have passed , or are passing . And we may now consider , what has been the effect of the improvement of natural knowledge on the views of men who have reached this stage ...
... conceptions of the plan and working of the universe all mankind have passed , or are passing . And we may now consider , what has been the effect of the improvement of natural knowledge on the views of men who have reached this stage ...
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... and Unknowable . Such are a few of the new conceptions implanted in our minds by the improvement of natural knowledge . Men have acquired the ideas of the practically infinite extent 16 LAY SERMONS , ADDRESSES , AND REVİEWS .
... and Unknowable . Such are a few of the new conceptions implanted in our minds by the improvement of natural knowledge . Men have acquired the ideas of the practically infinite extent 16 LAY SERMONS , ADDRESSES , AND REVİEWS .
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... 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 time , infinite . They have further acquired 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 time , infinite . They have further acquired the ...
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Page 34 - That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work, that, as a mechanism, it is capable of...
Page 32 - The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, just and patient. But also we know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance.
Page 351 - Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness.
Page 35 - ... her operations; one who, no stunted ascetic, is full of life and fire, but whose passions are trained to come to heel by a vigorous will, the servant of a tender conscience; who has learned to love all beauty, whether of nature or of art, to hate all vileness, and to respect others as himself. Such an one and no other, I conceive, has had a liberal education; for he is, as completely as a man can be, in harmony with nature. He will make the best of her, and she of him. They will get on together...
Page 145 - If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask: Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact or existence? No. Commit it then to the flames; for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.
Page 12 - As when in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful, when all the winds are laid, And every height comes out, and jutting peak And valley, and the immeasurable heavens Break open to their highest, and all the stars Shine, and the Shepherd gladdens in his heart...
Page 340 - I protest that if some great Power would agree to make me always think what is true and do what is right, on condition of being turned into a sort of clock and wound up every morning before I got out of bed, I should instantly close with the offer.
Page 142 - ... the extension of the province of what we call matter and causation, and the concomitant gradual banishment from all regions of human thought of what we call spirit and spontaneity.
Page 32 - ... and of the will into an earnest and loving desire to move in harmony with those laws. For me education means neither more nor less than this. Anything which professes to call itself education must be tried by this standard, and if it fails to stand the test, I will not call it education, whatever may be the force of authority, or of numbers, upon the other side.
Page 31 - Suppose it were perfectly certain that the life and fortune of every one of us would, one day or other, depend upon his winning or losing a game of chess. Don't you think that we should all consider it to be a primary duty to learn at least the names and the moves of the pieces ; to have a notion of a gambit, and a keen eye for all the means of giving and getting out of check...