Geology and Geologists; Or: Visions of Philosophers in the 19th CenturySimpkin, Marshall, 1843 - 83 pages |
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... position , he abandoned his former ground , and the whole controversy had to be taken up anew . How had the fame of the mighty fallen in ten short years ! Our celebrated Frenchman had founded his theory upon an intimate acquaint- ance ...
... position , he abandoned his former ground , and the whole controversy had to be taken up anew . How had the fame of the mighty fallen in ten short years ! Our celebrated Frenchman had founded his theory upon an intimate acquaint- ance ...
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... position ; philosophic worshippers of Nature and her laws surmise the latter . Cuvier had thought it necessary to allow the Creator a few myriads of years to bring this world out of chaos , and shape it into its present form ; but his ...
... position ; philosophic worshippers of Nature and her laws surmise the latter . Cuvier had thought it necessary to allow the Creator a few myriads of years to bring this world out of chaos , and shape it into its present form ; but his ...
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... position in the sight of modern geologists . A short time ago his description of the deluge was held to be admirably consistent and perfectly philosophical . So long as Neptune kept possession of the great caverns of the deep , he had ...
... position in the sight of modern geologists . A short time ago his description of the deluge was held to be admirably consistent and perfectly philosophical . So long as Neptune kept possession of the great caverns of the deep , he had ...
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... positions ; he knows their phases , and calculates their eclipses ; yet he is ignorant of the very elements of true astro- nomy , supposing the earth to stand upon the back of a tortoise , and the sun to move round it in diurnal ...
... positions ; he knows their phases , and calculates their eclipses ; yet he is ignorant of the very elements of true astro- nomy , supposing the earth to stand upon the back of a tortoise , and the sun to move round it in diurnal ...
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... position than that which they have laid down must be wrong , and consequently their own must be right . By tracing out every erroneous hypothesis , and reducing it to an absurdity , they establish the validity of their own proposition ...
... position than that which they have laid down must be wrong , and consequently their own must be right . By tracing out every erroneous hypothesis , and reducing it to an absurdity , they establish the validity of their own proposition ...
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Page 38 - And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man : All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Page 38 - For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water, whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished; but the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men.
Page 38 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Page 38 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth ; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Page 77 - Skill of a powerful ever-living Agent, who being in all Places, is more able by his Will to move the Bodies within his boundless uniform Sensorium, and thereby to form and reform the Parts of the Universe, than we are by our Will to move the Parts of our own Bodies.
Page 30 - God made the earth and the heavens, and every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew : for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till, the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
Page 38 - And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven ; and they were destroyed from the earth : and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark.
Page 26 - Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
Page 28 - And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind : and God saw that it was good.
Page 52 - ... for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested on the seventh day, wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.