The religion of geology and its connected sciences. Author's copyr. ed., with an additional lecture1860 |
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... perfect of all . Finally . The present races of animals and plants on the globe are for the most part disposed in groups , occupying particular districts , beyond whose limits the species peculiar to those provinces usually droop and ...
... perfect of all . Finally . The present races of animals and plants on the globe are for the most part disposed in groups , occupying particular districts , beyond whose limits the species peculiar to those provinces usually droop and ...
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... perfect accordance with the scope of the passage and with the whole tenor of the Scripture . We may , therefore , conclude with much certainty , that God intended in this place to declare the great truth , that there was a time in past ...
... perfect accordance with the scope of the passage and with the whole tenor of the Scripture . We may , therefore , conclude with much certainty , that God intended in this place to declare the great truth , that there was a time in past ...
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... perfect ease , have been created just as we now find them . But it is not easy to retain this opinion after having carefully examined them . For the evidence that they are of secondary origin is nearly as strong , and of the same kind ...
... perfect ease , have been created just as we now find them . But it is not easy to retain this opinion after having carefully examined them . For the evidence that they are of secondary origin is nearly as strong , and of the same kind ...
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... perfect carnivorous animals are adapted for seizing and tearing their prey , while those which feed on vegetables have cutting and grinding teeth , but not the canine . So the whole digestive apparatus in the carnivora is more simple ...
... perfect carnivorous animals are adapted for seizing and tearing their prey , while those which feed on vegetables have cutting and grinding teeth , but not the canine . So the whole digestive apparatus in the carnivora is more simple ...
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... perfect performance of the function . We may be certain , therefore , that the Author of such a system can neither be malevolent nor indifferent to the happiness of animals , but must be benevolent ; and , therefore , the system must be ...
... perfect performance of the function . We may be certain , therefore , that the Author of such a system can neither be malevolent nor indifferent to the happiness of animals , but must be benevolent ; and , therefore , the system must be ...
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Page 289 - The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage : But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more : for they are equal unto the angels ; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Page 129 - Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay : but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Page 35 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens.
Page 85 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.
Page 62 - And the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life...
Page 86 - Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
Page xiv - For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God.
Page 171 - Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made, thou art God from everlasting, and world without end.
Page 86 - And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
Page 243 - And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.