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... ( applause , & c . ) indicat- ing the immediate and varying impressions with which the Lectures were received . Though these reports have been thoroughly revised by the author , the publishers have thought it advisable to retain these ...
... ( applause , & c . ) indicat- ing the immediate and varying impressions with which the Lectures were received . Though these reports have been thoroughly revised by the author , the publishers have thought it advisable to retain these ...
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... was the mother of that method , to adhere to it herself , and to hold to it , a little mercilessly , physi- cal science also . [ Applause . ] Among the concessions of evolutionists , these are notorious : 36 BIOLOGY .
... was the mother of that method , to adhere to it herself , and to hold to it , a little mercilessly , physi- cal science also . [ Applause . ] Among the concessions of evolutionists , these are notorious : 36 BIOLOGY .
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... [ Applause . ] Now , gentlemen , there is a famous theory in geology called the Uniformitarian Hypothesis . It assumes that the geological formation of the globe was due to precisely the same physical forces that now exist . We have given ...
... [ Applause . ] Now , gentlemen , there is a famous theory in geology called the Uniformitarian Hypothesis . It assumes that the geological formation of the globe was due to precisely the same physical forces that now exist . We have given ...
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... [ Applause . ] In regard to these missing links , Darwin himself says that their absence is amazing . Even Huxley says of what is unquestionably one of the oldest fossil skeletons of man , that it has " a fair , average human skull ...
... [ Applause . ] In regard to these missing links , Darwin himself says that their absence is amazing . Even Huxley says of what is unquestionably one of the oldest fossil skeletons of man , that it has " a fair , average human skull ...
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... [ Applause . ] : God be thanked that this age takes nothing for granted ! No it does take one thing for granted , its own superiority to all other ages ; and yet one other thing , that there are not more things in heaven and earth than ...
... [ Applause . ] : God be thanked that this age takes nothing for granted ! No it does take one thing for granted , its own superiority to all other ages ; and yet one other thing , that there are not more things in heaven and earth than ...
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