Men and WomenSimpkin, Marshall, 1890 - 208 Seiten |
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... hand or neglect on the other , I believe each species is distinct in itself , and its existence was a distinct creation , and that every organised being since the creation of the original , has derived its existence from a previously ...
... hand or neglect on the other , I believe each species is distinct in itself , and its existence was a distinct creation , and that every organised being since the creation of the original , has derived its existence from a previously ...
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... hand of time has marked the lapse of ages , and then so imperfect is our view into long - past geological ages , that we see only that the forms of life are now different from what they formerly were . " The above is in support of the ...
... hand of time has marked the lapse of ages , and then so imperfect is our view into long - past geological ages , that we see only that the forms of life are now different from what they formerly were . " The above is in support of the ...
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... hand or an eye ; the most beautiful contrivances throughout tending to our benefit ; if we did but act with a knowledge of ourselves and nature round about us , instead of misery , there would be happiness ; instead of evil , good ; and ...
... hand or an eye ; the most beautiful contrivances throughout tending to our benefit ; if we did but act with a knowledge of ourselves and nature round about us , instead of misery , there would be happiness ; instead of evil , good ; and ...
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... hand , Did yearly cull the largest . " What man might become in time by careful training in harmony with God's laws , we may imagine if we think of a weed - the result of neglect and the perfect flower- the result of careful attention ...
... hand , Did yearly cull the largest . " What man might become in time by careful training in harmony with God's laws , we may imagine if we think of a weed - the result of neglect and the perfect flower- the result of careful attention ...
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... hand in hand , to train men to thank , worship , and adore their Maker . Science , by explaining the wonders of Creation , leads mankind inevitably , irre- sistibly to think of , properly understand , and instinctively worship and adore ...
... hand in hand , to train men to thank , worship , and adore their Maker . Science , by explaining the wonders of Creation , leads mankind inevitably , irre- sistibly to think of , properly understand , and instinctively worship and adore ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 206 - Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete; That not a worm is cloven in vain; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain.
Seite 89 - Angels are painted fair, to look like you : There's in you all that we believe of Heaven, Amazing brightness, purity, and truth, Eternal joy, and everlasting love.
Seite 194 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Seite 35 - I may be allowed to personify the natural preservation or survival of the fittest, cares nothing for appearances, except in so far as they are useful to any being. She can act on every internal organ, on every shade of constitutional difference, on the whole machinery of life. Man selects only for his own good : Nature only for that of the being which she tends.
Seite 34 - Nothing is easier than to admit in words the truth of the universal struggle for life, or more difficult — at least I have found it so — than constantly to bear this conclusion in mind.
Seite 73 - Lie not : but let thy heart be true to God, Thy mouth to it, thy actions to them both : Cowards tell lies, and those that fear the rod ; The stormy working soul spits lies and froth. Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie : A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.
Seite 36 - ... be, compared with those accumulated by nature during whole geological periods. Can we wonder, then, that nature's productions should be far
Seite 154 - I have not made up my mind whether it is not ' better to bear the ills we have than fly to others we know not of.
Seite 33 - It is, therefore, of the highest importance to gain a clear insight into the means of modification and coadaptation. At the commencement of my observations it seemed to me probable that a careful study of domesticated animals and of cultivated plants would offer the best chance of making out this obscure problem.
Seite 66 - Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never Is, but always To be blest; The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.