The Sacred History of the World: As Displayed in the Creation and Subsequent Events to the Deluge. Attempted to be Philosophically Considered, in a Series of Letters to a Son, Том 1J. & J. Harper, 1833 |
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... cause . The operating cause will , however , become more manifest to our judgment if we take the sacred history of the world into our philosophical consid- eration . As Nature will never be properly under- stood , if its creation by the ...
... cause . The operating cause will , however , become more manifest to our judgment if we take the sacred history of the world into our philosophical consid- eration . As Nature will never be properly under- stood , if its creation by the ...
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... causes and reasons of all things ; and expects and exacts , that when it is required to believe , it should have full elucidations of the grounds and principles on which its assent is required , in addition to the knowledge or evi ...
... causes and reasons of all things ; and expects and exacts , that when it is required to believe , it should have full elucidations of the grounds and principles on which its assent is required , in addition to the knowledge or evi ...
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... causes and agencies consistent with those with which we are al- ready acquainted , and which seem to be most certain . It is an endeavour to illustrate by reason , what we believe upon proper authority . I have always found my own be ...
... causes and agencies consistent with those with which we are al- ready acquainted , and which seem to be most certain . It is an endeavour to illustrate by reason , what we believe upon proper authority . I have always found my own be ...
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... causes of their journey , or of the places from which they come and to which they so mysteriously depart . In this grand system of existence , man is the most intelligent being that is visible to our mate- rial sense ; and we have as ...
... causes of their journey , or of the places from which they come and to which they so mysteriously depart . In this grand system of existence , man is the most intelligent being that is visible to our mate- rial sense ; and we have as ...
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... cause of our earth's revolving round its axis is quite distinct from the double and mutually counter- acting forces which produce its annual orbit . Physics have not discovered , nor can rational conjecture assign , any rea- son for the ...
... cause of our earth's revolving round its axis is quite distinct from the double and mutually counter- acting forces which produce its annual orbit . Physics have not discovered , nor can rational conjecture assign , any rea- son for the ...
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