The Story of Creation: A Plain Account of EvolutionLongmans, Green, 1888 - Всего страниц: 242 |
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... changes in the matter of the brain , and are as completely within the range of causation and as capable of mechanical explanation as material phenomena , but of them no material qualities , as weight and occupancy of space , can be ...
... changes in the matter of the brain , and are as completely within the range of causation and as capable of mechanical explanation as material phenomena , but of them no material qualities , as weight and occupancy of space , can be ...
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... be said is that it has not yet been divided , and that since the present universe had its beginning the elements have undergone no change . For it matters not into how many myriad sub- stances ΙΟ THE STORY OF CREATION.
... be said is that it has not yet been divided , and that since the present universe had its beginning the elements have undergone no change . For it matters not into how many myriad sub- stances ΙΟ THE STORY OF CREATION.
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... changes , age cannot wither or weaken it ; amidst all the fierce play of the mighty agencies to which it has been subjected it remains unbroken and unworn ; to it we may apply the ancient words , the things which are not seen are ...
... changes , age cannot wither or weaken it ; amidst all the fierce play of the mighty agencies to which it has been subjected it remains unbroken and unworn ; to it we may apply the ancient words , the things which are not seen are ...
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... changes are due to motion . 2. Power . - Motion throughout the universe is pro- duced or destroyed , quickened or retarded , increased ' Cf. Mr. Sorby's Presidential Address to the Royal Microscopic Society , Microscopic Journal , March ...
... changes are due to motion . 2. Power . - Motion throughout the universe is pro- duced or destroyed , quickened or retarded , increased ' Cf. Mr. Sorby's Presidential Address to the Royal Microscopic Society , Microscopic Journal , March ...
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... change of position as seen from opposite points of the carth's orbit ) of the nearest fixed star , Alpha Centauri , is nearly one second of arc , giving a distance of twenty millions of millions of miles . So vast is the interval , that ...
... change of position as seen from opposite points of the carth's orbit ) of the nearest fixed star , Alpha Centauri , is nearly one second of arc , giving a distance of twenty millions of millions of miles . So vast is the interval , that ...
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