Natural Theology, Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of NatureJoseph Graham, 1839 - 375 pagina's |
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... tion which irresistibly presses upon our thoughts , is , Whence this contrivance and design ? The thing required is the intending mind , the adapting hand , the intelligence by which that hand was directed . This question , this demand ...
... tion which irresistibly presses upon our thoughts , is , Whence this contrivance and design ? The thing required is the intending mind , the adapting hand , the intelligence by which that hand was directed . This question , this demand ...
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... tion of certain muscles , called the straight muscles , and which action is the most advantageous that could be imagined for the purpose , -it is found , I say , that whenever the eye is directed to a near object , three changes are ...
... tion of certain muscles , called the straight muscles , and which action is the most advantageous that could be imagined for the purpose , -it is found , I say , that whenever the eye is directed to a near object , three changes are ...
Pagina 23
... tion than the eyelid . It defends the eye ; it wipes it ; it closes it in sleep . Are there , in any work of art whatever , purposes more evident than those which this organ fulfils ? or an apparatus for executing those pur- poses more ...
... tion than the eyelid . It defends the eye ; it wipes it ; it closes it in sleep . Are there , in any work of art whatever , purposes more evident than those which this organ fulfils ? or an apparatus for executing those pur- poses more ...
Pagina 27
... tion , respiration ; to the economy of vegetables ; and indeed to almost all the operations of nature . The question , therefore , is of very wide extent ; and amongst other answers which may be given to it , be- sides reasons of which ...
... tion , respiration ; to the economy of vegetables ; and indeed to almost all the operations of nature . The question , therefore , is of very wide extent ; and amongst other answers which may be given to it , be- sides reasons of which ...
Pagina 28
... tion : a supposition which evidently leaves room , and induces indeed a necessity for contrivance . Nay , there may be many such agents , and many ranks of these . We do not advance this as a doctrine either of philoso- phy or of ...
... tion : a supposition which evidently leaves room , and induces indeed a necessity for contrivance . Nay , there may be many such agents , and many ranks of these . We do not advance this as a doctrine either of philoso- phy or of ...
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