Vestiges of the natural history of creation [by R. Chambers].John Churchill, Princes Street, Soho, 1853 - 356 pagina's |
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admitted advance ages America amongst animals appear arrangement become believe birds body called cause character civilization cloth common connected considerable considered constitution course creation DISEASES distinct early earth Edition evidence example existence external fact faculties feet fishes formation fossils genera give habits higher human hypothesis idea Illustrations instances kind known land language less living lower manner matter means Medical mind naturalists nature necessary never observed operation organic origin particular pass period phenomena plants portion possessed practical present principle produced Professor progress reason regard regions relation remains remarkable reptiles respect result rocks says Second seems seen shells Silurian similar species structure succession superior supposed surface things tion trace tribes true variety various vegetable whole
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Pagina lx - Thus, the production of new forms, as shewn in the pages of the geological record, has never been anything more than a new stage of progress in gestation, an event as simply natural, and attended as little by any circumstances of a wonderful or startling kind, as the silent advance of an ordinary mother from one week to another of her pregnancy.
Pagina 329 - A law presupposes an agent, for it is only the mode according to which an agent proceeds: it implies a power, for it is the order according to which that power acts. Without this agent, without this power, which are both distinct from itself, the law does nothing, is nothing. The expression, "the law of metallic nature...