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writers, furnish the most ample means to such as are not professed geologists, of
an accurate knowledge of all the great facts of the science, and just judgment of
the validity of the inductions that are founded on them. Were it otherwise ; were a
...
writers, furnish the most ample means to such as are not professed geologists, of
an accurate knowledge of all the great facts of the science, and just judgment of
the validity of the inductions that are founded on them. Were it otherwise ; were a
...
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Do those facts furnish any means of demonstrating the immense age of the world
? Is it a mistake then to regard it as a demonstrative science ? Exemplify the
fallacy of attempting to prove the vast age of the world by it. What sort of a science
...
Do those facts furnish any means of demonstrating the immense age of the world
? Is it a mistake then to regard it as a demonstrative science ? Exemplify the
fallacy of attempting to prove the vast age of the world by it. What sort of a science
...
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... can furnish any explanation of the life of vegetables and animals during the
ages in which it is supposed they may have been in that latent state. Thirdly. We
are equally unable to understand what is meant by the declaration, that "after ...
... can furnish any explanation of the life of vegetables and animals during the
ages in which it is supposed they may have been in that latent state. Thirdly. We
are equally unable to understand what is meant by the declaration, that "after ...
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If, in addition to that, we prove also that they are altogether irreconcilable with the
facts and principles of the science, and the laws of nature, and infinitely self-
contradictory, we shall furnish all the evidence that can be required to overthrow
...
If, in addition to that, we prove also that they are altogether irreconcilable with the
facts and principles of the science, and the laws of nature, and infinitely self-
contradictory, we shall furnish all the evidence that can be required to overthrow
...
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The only certain evidence which the strata themselves can furnish of the
existence of dry land at the period of their formation, is the presence in them of
fossilized animals and vegetables, to the existence of which dry land was
necessary.
The only certain evidence which the strata themselves can furnish of the
existence of dry land at the period of their formation, is the presence in them of
fossilized animals and vegetables, to the existence of which dry land was
necessary.
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Página 168 - And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man : All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Página 142 - Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Página 143 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Página 144 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
Página 131 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Página 125 - By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Página 114 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters that were above the firmament: and it was so.
Página 142 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Página 395 - And GOD created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and GOD saw that it was good.
Página 41 - Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy: , Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates...
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| Título | Geognosy: Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against Theories |
| Autor | David Nevins Lord |
| Editor | F. Knight., 1855 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 28 Nov 2007 |
| N.º de páginas | 412 páginas |
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