Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, Parte 1W. Pickering, 1836 - 599 páginas |
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... seem just matter of surprise , that many learned and religious men should regard with jealousy and suspicion the study of any natural phenomena , which abound with proofs of some of the highest attributes of the Deity ; and should ...
... seem just matter of surprise , that many learned and religious men should regard with jealousy and suspicion the study of any natural phenomena , which abound with proofs of some of the highest attributes of the Deity ; and should ...
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... seems in- dispensable at the very threshold of an inves- tigation , the subject matter of which will be derived from a series of events , for the most part , long antecedent to the creation of the human species . I trust it may be shown ...
... seems in- dispensable at the very threshold of an inves- tigation , the subject matter of which will be derived from a series of events , for the most part , long antecedent to the creation of the human species . I trust it may be shown ...
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... seem to require some little concession from the literal interpreter of scripture , it may fairly be held to afford ample compensation for this demand , by the large additions it has made to the evidences of natural religion , in a ...
... seem to require some little concession from the literal interpreter of scripture , it may fairly be held to afford ample compensation for this demand , by the large additions it has made to the evidences of natural religion , in a ...
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... seem to require . He is further disposed to consider the six days of creation as periods of time of indefinite length , and that the word " day " is not of necessity limited to twenty - four hours . favour of the hypothesis , " which ...
... seem to require . He is further disposed to consider the six days of creation as periods of time of indefinite length , and that the word " day " is not of necessity limited to twenty - four hours . favour of the hypothesis , " which ...
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... seems explicitly to assert the creation of the Universe ; " the heaven , " including the sidereal systems ; * " and the earth , " more especially specifying our own planet , as the subsequent scene of the operations of the six days ...
... seems explicitly to assert the creation of the Universe ; " the heaven , " including the sidereal systems ; * " and the earth , " more especially specifying our own planet , as the subsequent scene of the operations of the six days ...
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