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Page 14
... light of the established definition of matter . Many of the replies made to Professor Tyndall , however , miss the central point in his scheme of thought and endeavor to show that it is madness to imagine that matter , as now and for ...
... light of the established definition of matter . Many of the replies made to Professor Tyndall , however , miss the central point in his scheme of thought and endeavor to show that it is madness to imagine that matter , as now and for ...
Page 29
... light . The agreement of Darwin and Butler as to the meaning of the word natural is a beacon which ought to be kept steadily in view by any who grow dizzy as they float , perhaps anchorless , in the surges of modern speculation ...
... light . The agreement of Darwin and Butler as to the meaning of the word natural is a beacon which ought to be kept steadily in view by any who grow dizzy as they float , perhaps anchorless , in the surges of modern speculation ...
Page 32
... light , electricity , it infers the 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 ...
... light , electricity , it infers the 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 ...
Page 56
... light , the same here and there . The immense argument of analogy makes us sure of our footing just so far as the unity of nature prevails . We can estimate approximately what the heat must have been that would fuse the globe and the ...
... light , the same here and there . The immense argument of analogy makes us sure of our footing just so far as the unity of nature prevails . We can estimate approximately what the heat must have been that would fuse the globe and the ...
Page 91
... my hand , Little flower , root and all . And if I could understand What you are , roots and all , and all in all , I should know what God and man is . " So we may say in the light of established science THE MICROSCOPE AND MATERIALISM . 91.
... my hand , Little flower , root and all . And if I could understand What you are , roots and all , and all in all , I should know what God and man is . " So we may say in the light of established science THE MICROSCOPE AND MATERIALISM . 91.
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