Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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... appears , it will be its own evidence . Its test is , that it will explain all phenomena . Now many are thought not only unexplained but inex- plicable ; as language , sleep , madness , dreams , beasts , sex . Philosophically considered ...
... appears , it will be its own evidence . Its test is , that it will explain all phenomena . Now many are thought not only unexplained but inex- plicable ; as language , sleep , madness , dreams , beasts , sex . Philosophically considered ...
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... appear one night in a thousand years , how would men believe and adore ; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown ! But every night come out these envoys of beauty , and light the ...
... appear one night in a thousand years , how would men believe and adore ; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown ! But every night come out these envoys of beauty , and light the ...
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... appears like childish petulance , when we explore the steady and prodigal provision that has been made for his support and delight on this green ball which floats him through the heavens . What angels invented these splendid ornaments ...
... appears like childish petulance , when we explore the steady and prodigal provision that has been made for his support and delight on this green ball which floats him through the heavens . What angels invented these splendid ornaments ...
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... appears to men , or it does not appear . When in fortunate hours we ponder this miracle , the wise man doubts if at all other times he is not blind and deaf ; " Can these things be , And overcome us like a summer's cloud , Without our ...
... appears to men , or it does not appear . When in fortunate hours we ponder this miracle , the wise man doubts if at all other times he is not blind and deaf ; " Can these things be , And overcome us like a summer's cloud , Without our ...
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... appear to be degradations . When this appears among so many that surround it , the spirit prefers it to all others . It says , " From such as this have I drawn joy and knowledge ; in such as this have I found and beheld myself ; I will ...
... appear to be degradations . When this appears among so many that surround it , the spirit prefers it to all others . It says , " From such as this have I drawn joy and knowledge ; in such as this have I found and beheld myself ; I will ...
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