Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the DeityGould and Lincoln, 1855 - 420 pagina's |
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Pagina 14
... present question is not concerned in the inquiry . It may be true , that , in this , and in other instances , we trace mechanical contrivance a certain way ; and that then we come to something which is not mechanical , or which is in ...
... present question is not concerned in the inquiry . It may be true , that , in this , and in other instances , we trace mechanical contrivance a certain way ; and that then we come to something which is not mechanical , or which is in ...
Pagina 16
... present not themselves to the maker of the telescope . He wants all the light he can get ; and he never directs his instrument to objects near at hand . In the eye , both these cases were to be provided for ; and for the purpose of ...
... present not themselves to the maker of the telescope . He wants all the light he can get ; and he never directs his instrument to objects near at hand . In the eye , both these cases were to be provided for ; and for the purpose of ...
Pagina 26
... present . Whatever is done , God could have done without the intervention of instru- ments or means : but it is in the construction of instru- ments , in the choice and adaptation of means , that a crea- tive intelligence is seen . It ...
... present . Whatever is done , God could have done without the intervention of instru- ments or means : but it is in the construction of instru- ments , in the choice and adaptation of means , that a crea- tive intelligence is seen . It ...
Pagina 34
... present form rather than any other . It is for him only to be astonished by the effect . We can no more look therefore to the intel- ligence of the parent animal for what we are in search of , a cause of relation , and of subserviency ...
... present form rather than any other . It is for him only to be astonished by the effect . We can no more look therefore to the intel- ligence of the parent animal for what we are in search of , a cause of relation , and of subserviency ...
Pagina 37
... present form as any other . Let us now apply this ply this answer to the eye , as we did before to the watch . Something or other must have occupied that place in the animal's head ; must have filled up , we will say , that socket : we ...
... present form as any other . Let us now apply this ply this answer to the eye , as we did before to the watch . Something or other must have occupied that place in the animal's head ; must have filled up , we will say , that socket : we ...
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