 ... we discover : not the repetition of exactly similar cases, but a series of cases perpetually dissimilar, presents itself : not constancy, but change — perhaps advance ; not one permanent and pervading scheme, but preparation and completion of successive...  The Plurality of Worlds ... - Page 118by William Whewell - 1854 - 307 lehteFull view - About this book
 | 1855 - 620 lehte
...creation] : not the repetition of exactly similar cases, but a series of cases perpetually dissimilar, presents itself; not constancy, but change, perhaps...fixed type of existences, but progression and a climax If, then, the Earth be the sole inhabited spot in the work of creation, the oasis in the desert of... | |
 | 1854 - 758 lehte
...discover : not the repetition of exactly similar cases, but a series of cases perpetually dissimilar, presents itself: not constancy, but change — perhaps...type of existences, but progression and a climax. Viewing the advent of Man, and what preceded it, it seems the analogy of nature that there should be... | |
 | 1856 - 604 lehte
...creation] : not the repetition of exactly similar cases, but a series of cases perpetually dissimilar, presents itself ; not constancy, but change, perhaps...fixed type of existences, but progression and a climax If, then, the Earth be the sole inhabited spot in the work of creation, the oasis in the desert of... | |
 | 1855 - 846 lehte
...discover: not the repetition of exactly similar cases, but a series of cases perpetually dissimilar, presents itself: not constancy, but change — perhaps...type of existences, but progression and a climax. Viewing the advent of Man, and what preceded it, it seems the analogy of nature that there should be... | |
 | 1854 - 768 lehte
...discover : not the repetition of exactly similar cases, but a series of cases perpetually dissimilar, presents itself : not constancy, but change — perhaps...type of existences, but progression and a climax. Viewing the advent of Man and what preceded it, it seems the analogy of nature that there should be... | |
 | 1854 - 760 lehte
...discover : not the repetition of exactly similar cases, but a series of cases perpetually dissimilar, presents itself: not constancy, but change — perhaps...type of existences, but progression and a climax. Viewing the advent of Man, and •what preceded it, it seems the analogy of nature that there should... | |
 | William Whewell - 1855 - 468 lehte
...discover ; not the repetition of exactly similar cases, but a series of cases perpetually dissimilar, presents itself; not constancy, but change, perhaps...life, which we find preserved in the earth's strata, exhibit a gradual progression from ruder and more imperfect forms to the types of the present terrestrial... | |
 | Samuel Warren - 1855 - 520 lehte
...discover : not the repetition of exactlysimilar cases, but a series of cases perpetually dissimilar, presents itself: not constancy, but change, perhaps...type of existences, but progression and a climax. Viewing the advent of Man, and what preceded that advent, it seems the analogy of nature that there... | |
 | Samuel Warren - 1855 - 526 lehte
...presents itself: not constancy, but change, perhaps vance : not one permanent and pervading scheme, preparation, and completion of successive schemes...not uniformity, and a fixed type of existences, but progresswe and a climax. Viewing the advent of Man, and what preceded thai advent, it seems the analogy... | |
 | 1855 - 528 lehte
...of nearly the same force when the Plurality of Inhabited Worlds was disproved. what we discover .... not uniformity and a fixed type of existences, but progression and a climax.' We decline to speculate on the possible forms of our possible predecessors, or on the possibility of... | |
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