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... opinions , besides statements of fact ; the reply is , that they are the reasonings and opinions of men who thoroughly ... opinion upon many subjects in Natural Philosophy . It is no dishonour to accept the conclusions of NEWTON and his ...
... opinions , besides statements of fact ; the reply is , that they are the reasonings and opinions of men who thoroughly ... opinion upon many subjects in Natural Philosophy . It is no dishonour to accept the conclusions of NEWTON and his ...
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... opinions which are by many assumed to be asserted or implied in the Scriptures , but which are contrary to geological doctrines . I. The recent creation of the world . II . A previous universal chaos over the earth . III . The creation ...
... opinions which are by many assumed to be asserted or implied in the Scriptures , but which are contrary to geological doctrines . I. The recent creation of the world . II . A previous universal chaos over the earth . III . The creation ...
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... opinion upon Geology in its connexion with the Scriptures , the position may be safely questioned . It would be just as reasonable to maintain , that a minute acquaintance with the principles of Surgery and Morbid Anatomy was requisite ...
... opinion upon Geology in its connexion with the Scriptures , the position may be safely questioned . It would be just as reasonable to maintain , that a minute acquaintance with the principles of Surgery and Morbid Anatomy was requisite ...
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John Pye Smith. • That such a state of opinion is injurious to the cause of Christianity , can admit of no doubt . It is a ... opinion amongst Geologists upon the broad principles of their science . " See the very accurate reports of that ...
John Pye Smith. • That such a state of opinion is injurious to the cause of Christianity , can admit of no doubt . It is a ... opinion amongst Geologists upon the broad principles of their science . " See the very accurate reports of that ...
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... opinions were very discordant , but whose qualifications for the task were of the highest order , of different nations ( and there was a time when national rivalry even violated the sacred ground of science and letters , ) and who had ...
... opinions were very discordant , but whose qualifications for the task were of the highest order , of different nations ( and there was a time when national rivalry even violated the sacred ground of science and letters , ) and who had ...
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Page 73 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 179 - And the Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff-necked people ; now, therefore, let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them ; and I will make of thee a great nation.
Page 177 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Page 190 - There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured : coals were kindled by it.
Page 301 - And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: And I will declare thy greatness. They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, And shall sing of thy righteousness.
Page 74 - And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
Page 177 - Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still : therefore my bowels are troubled for him ; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
Page 204 - And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a help meet for him.
Page 178 - And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
Page 74 - And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. And God spake unto Noah, saying, Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons