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Abraham Adam and Eve ancient Anglo-Saxon animals arose Aryan ASTRONOMY BALFOUR STEWART beast beautiful believed bless body bones Book of Genesis Brahmans breath Brixham bronze brute called cause cave clouds comes creatures darkness dead dwell early earth ELEMENTARY English Channel Europe evil father fear feel fire flat earth flint given gods Greek hand heart heaven idols language LESSONS lifeless things light living thing looked mammoth man's mankind metals moon myths names nations Natural Philosophy night Nimrod NORMAN LOCKYER Owens College pray Professor Professor HUXLEY progress races river rocks sacred books sacrifice savage seemed shape soul speak spirits stars Stone Age story sun and moon tell Terah thou thought thousands told tools and weapons trees tribes truth unseen Varuna wild wonderful wood word meaning worship write Zulu
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Page 77 - For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 81 - Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.
Page 117 - These Primers are extremely simple and attractive, and thoroughly answer their purpose of just leading the young beginner up to the threshold of the long avenues in the Palace of Nature which these titles suggest.
Page 112 - In the beginning there arose the Source of golden light. He was the only born Lord of all that is. He established the earth, and this sky. Who is the God to whom we shall oifer our sacrifice ? " He who gives life. He who gives strength ; whose blessing all the bright gods desire ; whose shadow is immortality, whose shadow is death. Who is the God to whom we shall offer our sacrifice?
Page 109 - Where there is eternal light, in the world where the sun is placed, in that immortal, imperishable world, place me, O Soma ! Where king Vaivasvata reigns, where the secret place of heaven is, where these mighty waters are, there make me immortal...
Page 87 - when Adam and Eve were driven out of the garden of Eden, they wandered over the face of the earth.
Page 118 - To this system we now wish to direct the attention of teachers, feeling satisfied that by some such course alone can any substantial knowledge of plants be conveyed with certainty to young men educated as the mass of our medical students have been. We know of no work so well suited to direct the botanical pupil's efforts as that of Professor Oliver's, who, with views so practical and with great knowledge too, can write so accurately and clearly.
Page 99 - And his that gentle voice we hear, Soft as the breath of even, That checks each fault, that calms each fear, And speaks of heaven.
Page v - ... to narrate, in as simple language as the subject will permit, the story of man's progress from the unknown time of his early appearance upon the earth to the period from which writers of history ordinarily begin.
Page 112 - Let me not yet, O Varuna ! enter into the house of clay ; have mercy, almighty, have mercy ! ' If I go along trembling, like a cloud driven by the wind; have mercy, almighty, have mercy...