Collected Works of Charles Kingsley: Scientific lectures and essaysMacmillan and Company, 1893 |
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... matters little to me which you learn , provided you learn one at least . But bear in mind , and settle it in your hearts , that you will learn no branch of science soundly , so as to master it , and be able to make use of it , unless ...
... matters little to me which you learn , provided you learn one at least . But bear in mind , and settle it in your hearts , that you will learn no branch of science soundly , so as to master it , and be able to make use of it , unless ...
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... matters ? Can you not form yourselves into a Natural Science club , for buying such things and lending them round among your members ; and for discussion also , the reading of scientific papers of your own writing , the comparing of ...
... matters ? Can you not form yourselves into a Natural Science club , for buying such things and lending them round among your members ; and for discussion also , the reading of scientific papers of your own writing , the comparing of ...
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... matters . I grudge that epithet of " secular " to any matter what- soever . But I do more ; I deny it to anything which God has made , even to the tiniest of insects , the most insignificant atom of dust . To those who believe in God ...
... matters . I grudge that epithet of " secular " to any matter what- soever . But I do more ; I deny it to anything which God has made , even to the tiniest of insects , the most insignificant atom of dust . To those who believe in God ...
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... matter ? Only look at all created things in this light - look at them as what they are , the expressions of God's mind and will concerning this universe in which we live- " the Word of God , " as Bacon says , " revealed in facts " -and ...
... matter ? Only look at all created things in this light - look at them as what they are , the expressions of God's mind and will concerning this universe in which we live- " the Word of God , " as Bacon says , " revealed in facts " -and ...
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... matter enough for interest - nay , room enough for the free use of the imagination , in a science which tells of the growth and decay of whole mountain - ranges , continents , oceans , whole tribes and worlds of plants and animals . And ...
... matter enough for interest - nay , room enough for the free use of the imagination , in a science which tells of the growth and decay of whole mountain - ranges , continents , oceans , whole tribes and worlds of plants and animals . And ...
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