The Testimony of the Rocks: Or, Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and RevealedGould and Lincoln, 1857 - 502 pages |
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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 Cycadeæ , - 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 Cycadeæ , - 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 138 - 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 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 268 - Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
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 261 - The decrees of God are, his eternal purpose according to the counsel of his will, whereby, for his own glory, he hath fore-ordained whatsoever comes to pass.
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 138 - Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies, Who built him fanes of fruitless prayer, Who trusted God was love indeed And love Creation's final law Tho...
Page 263 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth...
Page 139 - No more? A monster then, a dream, A discord. Dragons of the prime, That tare each other in their slime. Were mellow music match'd with him. O life as futile, then, as frail! O for thy voice to soothe and bless ! What hope of answer, or redress ? Behind the veil, behind the veil.