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... inertia , " their definition of it is not the established one , as is that here employed . By force , I mean that which is expended in produ- cing or resisting motion . By inertia , I mean HUXLEY AND TYNDALL ON EVOLUTION . 17.
... inertia , " their definition of it is not the established one , as is that here employed . By force , I mean that which is expended in produ- cing or resisting motion . By inertia , I mean HUXLEY AND TYNDALL ON EVOLUTION . 17.
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... motion , or that quality which causes matter , if set in motion without other resistance than itself can supply , to keep on moving forever ; or , if left at rest without other force than its own , to remain at rest forever ...
... motion , or that quality which causes matter , if set in motion without other resistance than itself can supply , to keep on moving forever ; or , if left at rest without other force than its own , to remain at rest forever ...
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... motions explain nothing ; " that " the passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding facts of ... motion " ( Fragments of Science , pp . 120 , 121 ) . If the connection between matter and thought in the brain is so ...
... motions explain nothing ; " that " the passage from the physics of the brain to the corresponding facts of ... motion " ( Fragments of Science , pp . 120 , 121 ) . If the connection between matter and thought in the brain is so ...
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... motion of the ultimate particles of mat- ter as the cause ; wherever it finds motion of the ultimate particles of matter , it infers force as the cause ; and , wherever it finds force , it infers , or will yet infer , SPIRIT . " God is ...
... motion of the ultimate particles of mat- ter as the cause ; wherever it finds motion of the ultimate particles of matter , it infers force as the cause ; and , wherever it finds force , it infers , or will yet infer , SPIRIT . " God is ...
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... motion away from the central point is slower and slower as the distance between the ball and the central point is greater and greater . We assuredly know that it is a truth of science that variability is a lessening quantity ; and we ...
... motion away from the central point is slower and slower as the distance between the ball and the central point is greater and greater . We assuredly know that it is a truth of science that variability is a lessening quantity ; and we ...
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