Natural Theology: Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of NatureGould and Lincoln, 1851 - 344 pagina's |
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Pagina 7
... fact to be stopped , or disturbed , or retarded , no doubt would remain in our minds as to the utility or intention of these parts , although we should be unable to investigate the manner according to which , or the connexion by which ...
... fact to be stopped , or disturbed , or retarded , no doubt would remain in our minds as to the utility or intention of these parts , although we should be unable to investigate the manner according to which , or the connexion by which ...
Pagina 14
... fact is , that they are both instruments . And , as to the mechanism , at least as to mechanism being em- ployed , and even as to the kind of it , this circumstance va- ries not the analogy at all . For , observe what the consti- tution ...
... fact is , that they are both instruments . And , as to the mechanism , at least as to mechanism being em- ployed , and even as to the kind of it , this circumstance va- ries not the analogy at all . For , observe what the consti- tution ...
Pagina 19
... progressive action depending for its success upon the nicest and minutest adjustment of the parts concerned ; yet these parts so in fact adjusted , as to produce , not by a simple action or effect , APPLICATION OF THE ARGUMENT . 19.
... progressive action depending for its success upon the nicest and minutest adjustment of the parts concerned ; yet these parts so in fact adjusted , as to produce , not by a simple action or effect , APPLICATION OF THE ARGUMENT . 19.
Pagina 20
... fact ac- cordingly is , that two peculiarities are found in the eyes of birds , both tending to facilitate the change upon which the adjustment of the eye to different distances depends . The one is a bony , yet , in most species , a ...
... fact ac- cordingly is , that two peculiarities are found in the eyes of birds , both tending to facilitate the change upon which the adjustment of the eye to different distances depends . The one is a bony , yet , in most species , a ...
Pagina 33
... fact , of the formation of a new eye in an animal of the lizard kind , in the place of one which had been cut out of the socket , is one which no atheistical theory can approach , in the way of explanation . In the pro- cess by which a ...
... fact , of the formation of a new eye in an animal of the lizard kind , in the place of one which had been cut out of the socket , is one which no atheistical theory can approach , in the way of explanation . In the pro- cess by which a ...
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