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... true by the contents of the book is left to the opinion of the reader . It has been generally assumed by theologians , moralists , and others , that science relates only to " base material substances , " that it is not directly ...
... true by the contents of the book is left to the opinion of the reader . It has been generally assumed by theologians , moralists , and others , that science relates only to " base material substances , " that it is not directly ...
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... true view of life . Many persons object that " the laws of science are not absolute , " but why cavil about that , when the probability that they are true is often millions of millions to one ; the human mind cannot comprehend ...
... true view of life . Many persons object that " the laws of science are not absolute , " but why cavil about that , when the probability that they are true is often millions of millions to one ; the human mind cannot comprehend ...
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... true millennium of universal virtue and peace is gradually being evolved . At present we have only experienced a slight foretaste of the blessings yet to come as a consequence of this inseparable and important property of a system of ...
... true millennium of universal virtue and peace is gradually being evolved . At present we have only experienced a slight foretaste of the blessings yet to come as a consequence of this inseparable and important property of a system of ...
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... true the existence of time and space would be dependent upon that of mind . Kant stated that " Space and Time are forms of the mind itself " ( Temple , " The Relations between Religion and Science , " 1885 , p . 14 ) ; but we know that ...
... true the existence of time and space would be dependent upon that of mind . Kant stated that " Space and Time are forms of the mind itself " ( Temple , " The Relations between Religion and Science , " 1885 , p . 14 ) ; but we know that ...
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... true , certain unknown phenomena either exist or will happen ; for instance , by an act of induction a new gas , helium , was many years ago inferred to exist in the sun , and has since been actually found and collected on the earth ...
... true , certain unknown phenomena either exist or will happen ; for instance , by an act of induction a new gas , helium , was many years ago inferred to exist in the sun , and has since been actually found and collected on the earth ...
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Page 178 - So may the outward shows be least themselves: The world is still deceived with ornament. In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it and approve it with a text...
Page 531 - God loves from whole to parts ; but human soul Must rise from individual to the whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake; The centre moved, a circle straight succeeds. Another still, and still another spreads : Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next ; and next all human race ; Wide and. more wide, th...
Page 399 - Jesus; to do unto others as we would have them do unto us ; and to be merciful, just, and pure (Science and Health, p.
Page 318 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 87 - Our revels now are ended. These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits, and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff As dreams are made on ; and our little life Is rounded with a sleep.
Page 170 - There is no exception to the rule that every organic being naturally increases at so high a rate, that, if not destroyed, the earth would soon be covered by the progeny of a single pair.
Page 225 - ... Leads by the hand her little child to bed, Half willing, half reluctant to be led, And leave his broken playthings on the floor, Still gazing at them through the open door, Nor wholly reassured and comforted By promises of others in their stead, Which, though more splendid, may not please him more ; So Nature deals with us, and takes away Our playthings one by one, and by the hand Leads us to rest so gently, that we go Scarce knowing if we wish to go or stay, Being too full of sleep to understand...
Page 552 - At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. *Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Page 205 - What is the course of the life Of mortal men on the earth ? — Most men eddy about Here and there — eat and drink, Chatter and love and hate, Gather and squander, are raised Aloft, are...
Page 491 - I have heard That guilty creatures, sitting at a play, Have by the very cunning of the scene Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions; For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ.