Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 páginas |
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... demonstrating it , and from the acquiescence and sanction it receives from men of learning and worth , is one of the most imposing and seductive . * Geolo- * We are aware that this statement will be received by some , not simply with ...
... demonstrating it , and from the acquiescence and sanction it receives from men of learning and worth , is one of the most imposing and seductive . * Geolo- * We are aware that this statement will be received by some , not simply with ...
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... demonstrated truth , they have exhibited geology as contradicting the Scriptural history of the creation , and prepared the way for the inference that that history is not true , and cannot therefore have proceeded from God . cal and ...
... demonstrated truth , they have exhibited geology as contradicting the Scriptural history of the creation , and prepared the way for the inference that that history is not true , and cannot therefore have proceeded from God . cal and ...
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... demonstrate ; and all their assumptions and reason- ings must be consistent with all the facts , and all the laws of nature , which the question affects . To these , axioms geologists themselves will un- doubtedly assent ; and it ...
... demonstrate ; and all their assumptions and reason- ings must be consistent with all the facts , and all the laws of nature , which the question affects . To these , axioms geologists themselves will un- doubtedly assent ; and it ...
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... demonstrate to be a fact - before their inference can be legitimate ? What is the last thing which they must not gratuitously assume , if they would make their inference of the age of the world con- clusive ? What then Will geologists ...
... demonstrate to be a fact - before their inference can be legitimate ? What is the last thing which they must not gratuitously assume , if they would make their inference of the age of the world con- clusive ? What then Will geologists ...
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... demonstrate it ? May it not be as conclusively proved by their mode of reasoning , that innumerable ages were employed in the erection of the pyramids of Egypt , as that such a series of ages were requisite to the construction of the ...
... demonstrate it ? May it not be as conclusively proved by their mode of reasoning , that innumerable ages were employed in the erection of the pyramids of Egypt , as that such a series of ages were requisite to the construction of the ...
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