Works: The testimony of the rocks1865 |
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... instances in which nature has given us difficulties with which to cope , she has not left us to be wholly over- come . " " If , " says Dr. Thomas Brown , in his remarks on the classifying principle , " if she has placed us in a ...
... instances in which nature has given us difficulties with which to cope , she has not left us to be wholly over- come . " " If , " says Dr. Thomas Brown , in his remarks on the classifying principle , " if she has placed us in a ...
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... instance , by dissipation and decay , and in the second by the denuding agencies . Almost all our coal , -the stored up fuel of a world , -forms but a comparatively small part of the produce of this wonderful flora . Amid much that was ...
... instance , by dissipation and decay , and in the second by the denuding agencies . Almost all our coal , -the stored up fuel of a world , -forms but a comparatively small part of the produce of this wonderful flora . Amid much that was ...
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... instances of similar variety in point of size . The humblest grass in our meadows belongs to the same natural order as the tall bamboo , that , shooting up its pani- cles amid the jungles of India to the height of sixty feet , looks ...
... instances of similar variety in point of size . The humblest grass in our meadows belongs to the same natural order as the tall bamboo , that , shooting up its pani- cles amid the jungles of India to the height of sixty feet , looks ...
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... instances as thickly traversed by their underground stems as the soil occupied by our densest forests is traversed by the tangled roots of the trees by which it is covered ; and we often find associated with them in these cases the ...
... instances as thickly traversed by their underground stems as the soil occupied by our densest forests is traversed by the tangled roots of the trees by which it is covered ; and we often find associated with them in these cases the ...
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... instance , as one of the Cycadex , - should bear leaves scarce distinguishable from fern fronds , may well reconcile us to an apparent anomaly in the case of an ancient plant such as Sigillaria , whose entire constitution , so far as it ...
... instance , as one of the Cycadex , - should bear leaves scarce distinguishable from fern fronds , may well reconcile us to an apparent anomaly in the case of an ancient plant such as Sigillaria , whose entire constitution , so far as it ...
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Page 229 - Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written; Which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Page 37 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 138 - So careful of the type?' but no. From scarped cliff and quarried stone She cries, 'A thousand types are gone: I care for nothing, all shall go. Thou makest thine appeal to me: I bring to life, I bring to death: The spirit does but mean the breath: I know no more.
Page 233 - 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 262 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 225 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing ? And one of them shall not fall to the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore ; ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 138 - Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life...
Page 198 - said God ; and forthwith Light Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure, Sprung from the Deep, and from her native East To journey through the aery gloom began, Sphered in a radiant cloud — for yet the Sun Was not; she in a cloudy tabernacle Sojourned the while.
Page 210 - Sing heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...