Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the DeityGould and Lincoln, 1855 - 420 pagina's |
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Pagina 44
... rests . Other points are nothing . Our ignorance of other points may be of no consequence to these , though they be points , in various respects , of great importance . A just reasoner removes from his consideration , not only what he ...
... rests . Other points are nothing . Our ignorance of other points may be of no consequence to these , though they be points , in various respects , of great importance . A just reasoner removes from his consideration , not only what he ...
Pagina 45
... rest . So it is with the evidences of a divine agency . The proof is not a conclusion which lies at the end of a chain of reasoning , of which chain each instance of contrivance is only a link , and of which , if one link fail , the ...
... rest . So it is with the evidences of a divine agency . The proof is not a conclusion which lies at the end of a chain of reasoning , of which chain each instance of contrivance is only a link , and of which , if one link fail , the ...
Pagina 53
... rests immediately upon the uppermost of the vertebræ , and is united to it by a hinge- joint ; upon which joint the head plays freely forward and backward , as far either way as is necessary , or as the liga- ments allow ; which was the ...
... rests immediately upon the uppermost of the vertebræ , and is united to it by a hinge- joint ; upon which joint the head plays freely forward and backward , as far either way as is necessary , or as the liga- ments allow ; which was the ...
Pagina 55
... rest ) to become a pipe or conduit for the safe conveyance from the brain , of the most important fluid * of the animal frame , that , namely , upon which all voluntary motion depends , " the spinal marrow ; a substance not only of the ...
... rest ) to become a pipe or conduit for the safe conveyance from the brain , of the most important fluid * of the animal frame , that , namely , upon which all voluntary motion depends , " the spinal marrow ; a substance not only of the ...
Pagina 56
... rest , and the closeness of the junction , give to the chain its firinness and stability ; the number of parts , and consequent frequency of joints , its flexibility . Which flexibility , we may also observe , varies in different parts ...
... rest , and the closeness of the junction , give to the chain its firinness and stability ; the number of parts , and consequent frequency of joints , its flexibility . Which flexibility , we may also observe , varies in different parts ...
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