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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... says Dr. Balfour , in a communication with which we have been favored , " what was the matter with him , he replied , ' My brain is giving way . I cannot put two thoughts together to - day . I have had a dreadful night of it ; I cannot ...
... says Dr. Balfour , in a communication with which we have been favored , " what was the matter with him , he replied , ' My brain is giving way . I cannot put two thoughts together to - day . I have had a dreadful night of it ; I cannot ...
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... say it was free from pain . But I need not enter into professional details . Suffice it to say that we came to the conclusion that he was suffering from an over - worked mind , disordering his digestive organs , enervating his whole ...
... say it was free from pain . But I need not enter into professional details . Suffice it to say that we came to the conclusion that he was suffering from an over - worked mind , disordering his digestive organs , enervating his whole ...
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... say that there was no man living so competent as he ? We leave it to the future to declare how much he has done by his writings to fulfil that task ; but mourning , as we now can only do , over his sad and melancholy death , — to that ...
... say that there was no man living so competent as he ? We leave it to the future to declare how much he has done by his writings to fulfil that task ; but mourning , as we now can only do , over his sad and melancholy death , — to that ...
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... says , that although the inclemency of the weather , the day being one of the dreariest of the season , " kept back many who would otherwise have swelled the line of mourners , even with this drawback , it has been informed that the ...
... says , that although the inclemency of the weather , the day being one of the dreariest of the season , " kept back many who would otherwise have swelled the line of mourners , even with this drawback , it has been informed that the ...
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... says another , " could hardly have been con- jectured , but for the blank he leaves behind him now that he has left it . Other men may have extended the domain of science wider ; but no man has done more to extend the circle of its ...
... says another , " could hardly have been con- jectured , but for the blank he leaves behind him now that he has left it . Other men may have extended the domain of science wider ; but no man has done more to extend the circle of its ...
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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.