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Page vii
... organization of the material uni- verse was each a period of vast length . The question is not , what the Almighty could do , but what he actually did do . 58 I. That each of the six days was a period of vast length , is evident , - 1 ...
... organization of the material uni- verse was each a period of vast length . The question is not , what the Almighty could do , but what he actually did do . 58 I. That each of the six days was a period of vast length , is evident , - 1 ...
Page xvi
... organized bodies which are found in them . It is ascertained that these remains do not occur promiscuously , but in a determinate order , corresponding exactly with that which is given in the first chapter of Genesis " To test the ...
... organized bodies which are found in them . It is ascertained that these remains do not occur promiscuously , but in a determinate order , corresponding exactly with that which is given in the first chapter of Genesis " To test the ...
Page 42
... organization , as Laertius informs us , begins his book , " All things were at first in one mass , but an intelligent agent came and put it in order . " With this agrees Aris- totle , who , as we have said , when borrowing from a ...
... organization , as Laertius informs us , begins his book , " All things were at first in one mass , but an intelligent agent came and put it in order . " With this agrees Aris- totle , who , as we have said , when borrowing from a ...
Page 48
... organization of the .chaotic aqueous matter . For , till there was an ex- panse , or atmosphere , the particles of water thrown off " It seems to me most rational , " says Bishop Patrick , " by this light to understand those particles ...
... organization of the .chaotic aqueous matter . For , till there was an ex- panse , or atmosphere , the particles of water thrown off " It seems to me most rational , " says Bishop Patrick , " by this light to understand those particles ...
Page 49
... organization of the first two days , produced successively and in the following order , dark- ness , light , the atmosphere , and a division of the ex- halated particles of water , from the denser fluid . This fluid , however , was ...
... organization of the first two days , produced successively and in the following order , dark- ness , light , the atmosphere , and a division of the ex- halated particles of water , from the denser fluid . This fluid , however , was ...
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