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... correspond . It shows us that there can be no conceivable limits to space or time , and though finiteness of matter ... corresponding to which her operations are alone directly concerned . To speak in plain terms - so far as Science is ...
... correspond . It shows us that there can be no conceivable limits to space or time , and though finiteness of matter ... corresponding to which her operations are alone directly concerned . To speak in plain terms - so far as Science is ...
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... corresponding in appearance to the great whirlpool nebula of Lord Rosse , as it would appear if it is a somewhat flattened spiral and could be viewed nearly edgewise . And here I may pause to note that , although , in thus inferring ...
... corresponding in appearance to the great whirlpool nebula of Lord Rosse , as it would appear if it is a somewhat flattened spiral and could be viewed nearly edgewise . And here I may pause to note that , although , in thus inferring ...
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... corresponds only to that due to the con- sumption of about 50 millions of tons - only fifty millions out of 11,600 millions of millions . And now , remembering that what is true of the sun is true of his fellow - suns , the stars , that ...
... corresponds only to that due to the con- sumption of about 50 millions of tons - only fifty millions out of 11,600 millions of millions . And now , remembering that what is true of the sun is true of his fellow - suns , the stars , that ...
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... corresponds in any degree with that which the cloud - zone of our Earth would present to observers on another planet : -Let it suffice to note a few analogies , as thus- " The Earth is a planet , Jupiter is a planet ; the Earth rotates ...
... corresponds in any degree with that which the cloud - zone of our Earth would present to observers on another planet : -Let it suffice to note a few analogies , as thus- " The Earth is a planet , Jupiter is a planet ; the Earth rotates ...
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... an enormously long period , and will continue for a corresponding period in the future , yet the whole duration of life must be regarded but as a wave on the vast ocean of time A New Theory of Life in other Worlds . 61.
... an enormously long period , and will continue for a corresponding period in the future , yet the whole duration of life must be regarded but as a wave on the vast ocean of time A New Theory of Life in other Worlds . 61.
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Сторінка 48 - Thou makest thine appeal to me: I bring to life, I bring to death: The spirit does but mean the breath: I know no more.
Сторінка 48 - Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life...
Сторінка 288 - Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, Even to make the poor of the land to fail, Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? And the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, Making the ephah small, and the shekel great, And falsifying the balances by deceit?
Сторінка 28 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
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Сторінка 285 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand; This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: For I should have denied the God that is above.
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