The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions of men, carry in themselves the elements of their own destruction. He has not permitted, in His works, any symptom of infancy or of old age, or any sign by which we... History of the Inductive Sciences: XI. Electricity. XII. Magnetism. XIII ... - Página 662 de William Whewell - 1847 Visualização completa -
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