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Can it be doubted but that the seed contains a particular ore ganisation ?
Whether a latent plantule with the means of temporary nutrition , or whatever else
it be , it encloses an organisation suited to the germination of a new plant . Has
the ...
Can it be doubted but that the seed contains a particular ore ganisation ?
Whether a latent plantule with the means of temporary nutrition , or whatever else
it be , it encloses an organisation suited to the germination of a new plant . Has
the ...
Pagina 35
So it is with the plant , and the seed produced by it . Can any distinction be
assigned between the two cases ; between the producing watch , and the
producing plant ; both passive , unconscious substances ; both , by the
organisation which ...
So it is with the plant , and the seed produced by it . Can any distinction be
assigned between the two cases ; between the producing watch , and the
producing plant ; both passive , unconscious substances ; both , by the
organisation which ...
Pagina 36
The plant has no design in producing the seed , no comprehension of the nature
or use of what it produces : the bird with respect to its egg , is not above the plant
with respect to its seed . Neither the one nor the other bears that sort of relation ...
The plant has no design in producing the seed , no comprehension of the nature
or use of what it produces : the bird with respect to its egg , is not above the plant
with respect to its seed . Neither the one nor the other bears that sort of relation ...
Pagina 48
... straight bill , and weak claws of another species , determine it to pick up seeds :
but neither determination could take effect in providing for the sustenance of the
birds , if animal bodies and vegetable seeds did not lie within their reach .
... straight bill , and weak claws of another species , determine it to pick up seeds :
but neither determination could take effect in providing for the sustenance of the
birds , if animal bodies and vegetable seeds did not lie within their reach .
Pagina 57
The flesh of perhaps all animals ; the seeds and fruits of the greatest number of
plants ; the roots , and stalks , and leaves of many , hard and tough as they are ,
yield to its powerful pervasion . The change wrought by it is different from any ...
The flesh of perhaps all animals ; the seeds and fruits of the greatest number of
plants ; the roots , and stalks , and leaves of many , hard and tough as they are ,
yield to its powerful pervasion . The change wrought by it is different from any ...
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Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of Nature |
| Auteur | William Paley |
| Uitgever | Joseph Graham, 1839 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | The British Library |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 14 maart 2017 |
| Lengte | 375 pagina's |
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