 The notions of the beginning and the end of the world entertained by our forefathers are no longer credible. It is very certain that the earth is not the chief body in the material universe and that the world is not subordinated to man's use. It is even...  The Academy - Página 2081889Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1881 - 372 páginas
...the material universe, and that the world is not subordinated to man's use. It is even more certain that nature is the expression of a definite order with which nothing interferes, and that the chief business of mankind is to learn that order and govern themselves accordingly. Moreover... | |
 | 1881 - 648 páginas
...the material universe, aud that the world is not subordinated to man's use. It is even more certa n that nature is the expression of a definite order, with which nothing interferes, aud that the chief business of mankind is to learn that order, and govern themselves accordingly. Moreover,... | |
 | Joseph William Reynolds - 1881 - 482 páginas
...so also is the continuance. Professor Huxley said, at the opening of Sir Josiah Mason's College, " Nature is the expression of a definite order with which nothing interferes." Such a statement, even if true, can never be verified ; and, as it is not less opposed to science than... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1882 - 920 páginas
...the material universe, and that the world is not subordinated to man's use. It is even more certain that nature is the expression of a definite order, with which nothing interferes. " " And yet, ' ' he cries, " the purely classical education advocated by the representatives of the... | |
 | 1882 - 884 páginas
...that the notions of our forefathers about the beginning and the end of the world were all wrong, and that nature is the expression of a definite order with which nothing interferes. Interesting, indeed, these results of science are, important they are, and we should all be acquainted... | |
 | 1882 - 1050 páginas
...the notions of our forefathers about the beginning and the end of the world were all •wrong, and that nature is the expression of a definite order with •which nothing interferes. Interesting, indeed, these results of science are, important they are, and we should all be acquainted... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1885 - 234 páginas
...the material universe, and that the world is not subordinated to man's use. It is even more certain that nature is the expression of a definite order, with which nothing interferes.' ' And yet,' he cries, ' the purely classical education advocated by the representatives of the humanists... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1886 - 350 páginas
...the material universe, and that the world is not subordinated to man's use. It is even more certain that nature is the expression of a definite order with which nothing interferes, and that the chief business of mankind is to learn that order and govern themselves accordingly. Moreover... | |
 | 1889 - 656 páginas
...certain," — more certain, namely than what he had affirmed in the immediately preceding sentence, — " that nature is the expression of a definite order with which nothing interferes." In another lecture he says : " No physical geologist now dreams of seeking, outside the range of known... | |
 | Canadian Institute - 1884 - 486 páginas
...cannot be restored. If, for example, the Deity may send rain in answer to prayer, it cannot be true that " nature is the expression of a definite order with which nothing interferes." At any rate the great scientific movement of the last 1 30 years has been attended with a great development... | |
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