Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or Philosophical Society of Great Britain, Volum 1Victoria Institute., 1867 |
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Side 14
... animal remains are included are of as old a date as any of the formations named Azoic in Europe , if not older , so that they pre- ceded in date rocks once supposed to have been formed before any organized beings had been created ...
... animal remains are included are of as old a date as any of the formations named Azoic in Europe , if not older , so that they pre- ceded in date rocks once supposed to have been formed before any organized beings had been created ...
Side 16
... Deluge , are fairly met ; but my present object is not to bring forward anything that has not been acknowledged by the recognized " authorities " in science . admits of man's contemporaneous existence with certain long extinct animals 16.
... Deluge , are fairly met ; but my present object is not to bring forward anything that has not been acknowledged by the recognized " authorities " in science . admits of man's contemporaneous existence with certain long extinct animals 16.
Side 17
admits of man's contemporaneous existence with certain long extinct animals . Those who are interested in the statements of the Bible , may well be anxious that no similar overwhelming influence may be successfully brought to bear ...
admits of man's contemporaneous existence with certain long extinct animals . Those who are interested in the statements of the Bible , may well be anxious that no similar overwhelming influence may be successfully brought to bear ...
Side 24
... animals , vegetables , and minerals , many of which are rather the sport of nature than of any real utility to science . Things of this sort are amusing , and , sometimes , not without practical use , but they contribute little or ...
... animals , vegetables , and minerals , many of which are rather the sport of nature than of any real utility to science . Things of this sort are amusing , and , sometimes , not without practical use , but they contribute little or ...
Side 33
... animal life which roamed over the surface of the earth before man came to exercise dominion over them , were not , as was at ... animals at one time supposed to have been destroyed ages before his " arrival " on the scene * Geology and ...
... animal life which roamed over the surface of the earth before man came to exercise dominion over them , were not , as was at ... animals at one time supposed to have been destroyed ages before his " arrival " on the scene * Geology and ...
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Side 70 - He telleth the number of the stars, and calleth them all by their names.
Side 70 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Side 61 - To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree.
Side 70 - Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints; who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name ? for thou only art holy ; for all nations shall come and worship before thee ; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Side 51 - A miracle is a violation of the laws of nature; and as a firm and unalterable experience has established these laws, the proof against a miracle, from the very nature of the fact, is as entire as any argument from experience can possibly be imagined.
Side 114 - The trees of the Lord are full of sap ; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Side 68 - Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Side 55 - I believe that animals have descended from at most only four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number. Analogy would lead me one step further, namely, to the belief that all animals and plants have descended from some one prototype. But analogy may be a deceitful guide.
Side 68 - If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me ; Even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the . darkness hideth not from Thee ; but the night shineth As the day : the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
Side 54 - He created a few original forms, capable of self-development into other and needful forms, as to believe that He required a fresh act of creation to supply the voids caused by the action of His laws.