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Man, whose organization is regarded as the highest, departs from the vertebrate archetype; and it is because the study of anatomy is…
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Geology differs as widely from cosmogony, as speculations concerning the creation of man differ from history.
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Geology is the science which investigates the successive changes that have taken place in the organic and inorganic kingdoms of nature; it…
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Millions of our race are now supported by lands situated where deep seas once prevailed in earlier ages. In many districts not…
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Notwithstanding, therefore, that we have not witnessed of a large continent, yet, as we may predict the future occurrence of such catastrophes,…
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There is no foundation in geological facts, for the popular theory of the successive development of the animal and vegetable world, from…
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[My Book] will endeavour to establish the principle[s] of reasoning in ... [geology]; and all my geology will come in as illustration…
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Amidst the vicissitudes of the earth's surface, species cannot be immortal, but must perish, one after another, like the individuals which compose…
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Nevertheless, as is a frequent occurrence in science, a general hypothesis was constructed from a few specific instances of a phenomenon.
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The sad events that occur in my life are the sad events that happen to everybody, with losing friends and family, but…
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The exercise of voluntary attention in the schoolroom must therefore be counted one of the most important points of training that take…
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We must pray without ceasing, in every occurrence and employment of our lives - that prayer which is rather a habit of…
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Faith may be defined briefly as an illogical belief in the occurrence of the improbable.... A man full of faith is simply…
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Finally, imagine that you've really worked hard on yourself and become a level 10 person. Now, is this same level 5 problem…
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Notwithstanding, therefore, that we have not witnessed of a large continent, yet, as we may predict the future occurrence of such catastrophes,…
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If this being is omnipotent, then every occurrence, including every human action, every human thought, and every human feeling and aspiration is…
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