Studies in Science and ReligionW. F. Draper, 1882 - Всего страниц: 390 |
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... language , it will facilitate matters to draw what we consider to be the real distinction between deduction and induction . Deduction may be de- fined as the process by which man enlarges his knowledge of the things that have no ...
... language , it will facilitate matters to draw what we consider to be the real distinction between deduction and induction . Deduction may be de- fined as the process by which man enlarges his knowledge of the things that have no ...
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... language of an infinite being we cannot fully understand any contrivance designed to secure an end so far off , and composed of so many items , as the general good of being . Hence it is , both in theory and in fact , that only by the ...
... language of an infinite being we cannot fully understand any contrivance designed to secure an end so far off , and composed of so many items , as the general good of being . Hence it is , both in theory and in fact , that only by the ...
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... language is " adapted to the common state of man's intellectual development , in which he is supposed not to be possessed of science . " 2 But from these facts there must arise trials of faith . " The moral and providential relations of ...
... language is " adapted to the common state of man's intellectual development , in which he is supposed not to be possessed of science . " 2 But from these facts there must arise trials of faith . " The moral and providential relations of ...
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... language . ” 1 In the same chapter it is very well remarked that physical science can tell us nothing of the origin of things . " The thread of induction re- specting the natural course of the world snaps in our fingers when we try to ...
... language . ” 1 In the same chapter it is very well remarked that physical science can tell us nothing of the origin of things . " The thread of induction re- specting the natural course of the world snaps in our fingers when we try to ...
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... language from high authority , we shall in continuing the present discussion proceed upon the assumption that there is an organic connection between members of the same species , however widely the individuals may be separated either by ...
... language from high authority , we shall in continuing the present discussion proceed upon the assumption that there is an organic connection between members of the same species , however widely the individuals may be separated either by ...
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Стр. 252 - For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek : for the same Lord over all, is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord, shall be saved.
Стр. 171 - A chain composed of an infinite number of links can no more support itself than a chain composed of a finite number of links.
Стр. 40 - It is a truly wonderful fact — the wonder of which we are apt to overlook from familiarity — that all animals and all plants throughout all time and space should be related to each other in groups, subordinate to groups, in the manner which we everywhere behold...
Стр. 152 - But as my conclusions have lately been much misrepresented, and it has been stated that I attribute the modification of species exclusively to natural selection, I may be permitted to remark that in the first edition of this work, and subsequently, I placed in a most conspicuous position — namely, at the close of the Introduction — the following words: "I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not thé exclusive means of modification.
Стр. 374 - Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and...
Стр. 188 - The cause, then, philosophically speaking, is the sum total of the conditions, positive and negative, taken together — the whole of the contingencies of every description, which, being realized, the consequent invariably follows.
Стр. 84 - So, naturalists observe, a flea Has smaller fleas that on him prey; And- these have smaller still to bite 'em, And so proceed ad infinitum.
Стр. 151 - Several writers have misapprehended or objected to the term Natural Selection. Some have even imagined that natural selection induces variability, whereas it implies only the preservation of such variations as arise and are beneficial to the being under its conditions of life.
Стр. 161 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Стр. 151 - Strictly speaking, therefore, Mr. Darwin's theory is not a theory on the Origin of Species at all, but only a theory on the causes which lead to the relative success or failure of such new Forms as may be born into the world.