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• The animal frame, though destined to fulfill so many other ends, is as a machine more perfect than the best contrived steam-engine-that…
• The most convincing proof of the conversion of heat into living force [vis viva] has been derived from my experiments with the…
• It is evident that an acquaintance with natural laws means no less than an acquaintance with the mind of God therein expressed.
• The earth in its rapid motion round the sun possesses a degree of living force so vast that, if turned into the…
• Order is manifestly maintained in the universe... governed by the sovereign will of God.
• After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes…
• Believing that the power to destroy belongs to the Creator alone I affirm... that any theory which, when carried out, demands the…
• The height of the pulleys from the ground was twelve yards, and consequently, when the weights had descended through that distance, they…

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