 | Methodist Church - 1875 - 714 pages
...applied to the solution of the problem. It entirely transcends us. The mind of man may be compared to a musica'l instrument with a certain range of notes, beyond which in both directions we have an infinitude of silence. The phenomena of matter and force lie within our intellectual range,... | |
 | Frank McGloin - Judaism - 1916 - 254 pages
...material things, and as to physical conditions, are often deceptive.2 1 "I compare the mind of man to a musical instrument, with a certain range of notes,...the real mystery of the Universe lies unsolved, and, so far as we are concerned is incapable of solution." Tyndall, Fragments of Science, Vol. II, Chap.... | |
 | Missions - 1912 - 1036 pages
...made it To this day they have not found out." Professor Tyndale said: "The mind of man may be compared to a musical instrument with a certain range of notes, beyond which, in both directions, we have an infinitude of silence. The phenomena of matter and force lie within our intellectual range,... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1878 - 1182 pages
...to solve, ' the problem of the universe,' I must shake my head in doubt. I compare the mind of man to a musical instrument with a certain range of notes,...far as we are concerned, is incapable of solution. While refreshing my mind on these old themes I am struck by the poverty of my own thought ; appearing... | |
 | Eli Maor - Mathematics - 1991 - 306 pages
...going on into the infinite." The British physicist John Tyndall ( 1820-1893) compared the mind of man to a "musical instrument with a certain range of notes, beyond which in both directions we have an infinitude of silence." And who can remain unmoved by the final notes of Gustav Mahler's... | |
 | California - 1881 - 606 pages
...we do not clearly see, we do not fully know. But as Dr. Carpenter, the world-renowned scientist, has lately said : " I deem it just as absurd and illogical...of the infinite, there is no reason why we should not strive to solve all the problems within the range of our power. Moreover, that range has unknown... | |
 | 1884 - 562 pages
...is in our day likely to solve, the problem of the universe, I must shake my head in doubt. Behind, above, and around us, the real mystery of the universe...far as we are concerned, is incapable of solution. The problem of the connection of the body and the soul is as insoluble in its modern form as it was... | |
 | Medicine - 1884 - 1010 pages
...is in our day likely to solve, the problem of the universe, I must shake my head in doubt. Behind, above, and around us, the real mystery of the universe...far as we are concerned, is incapable of solution. The problem of the connection of the body and the soul is as insoluble in its modern form as it was... | |
 | Medicine - 1884 - 738 pages
...is in our day likely to solve, the problem of the universe, I must shake my head in doubt. Behind, above, and around us, the real mystery of the universe...far as we are concerned, is incapable of solution. The problem of the connection of the body and the soul is as insoluble in its modern form as it was... | |
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The mind of man may be compared to a musical instrument with a certain range of notes, beyond which in both directions we have an infinitude of silence. 
