Evolution and CreationThe author, 1887 - 312 páginas |
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... existence of a ruling power in the universe , I neither affirm nor deny such a condition , being contented with the knowledge that I neither know ncr apparently can ever know anything at all about the matter , and recognizing , with ...
... existence of a ruling power in the universe , I neither affirm nor deny such a condition , being contented with the knowledge that I neither know ncr apparently can ever know anything at all about the matter , and recognizing , with ...
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... existence and ultimate causation - Man's future state . MAN'S ANTIQUITY . - Cave explorations - British and continental discoveries - Glacial periods - Tertiary upheaval and submergance in Europe - Tertiary fauna and flora - Pleistocene ...
... existence and ultimate causation - Man's future state . MAN'S ANTIQUITY . - Cave explorations - British and continental discoveries - Glacial periods - Tertiary upheaval and submergance in Europe - Tertiary fauna and flora - Pleistocene ...
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... existence on the earth at those periods . In the Plutonic or unstratified rock - formation period there was , of course , no life upon the earth , the conditions necessary for such develop- ment not being present ; but in the very ...
... existence on the earth at those periods . In the Plutonic or unstratified rock - formation period there was , of course , no life upon the earth , the conditions necessary for such develop- ment not being present ; but in the very ...
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... existence as a tiny piece of structureless bioplasm , from which condition he passes through the Amoeba stage to the Synamoeba , and thence in regular order through each successive stage of development marked in the genealogy given ...
... existence as a tiny piece of structureless bioplasm , from which condition he passes through the Amoeba stage to the Synamoeba , and thence in regular order through each successive stage of development marked in the genealogy given ...
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... They were hunters , possessed of the rudest modes of existence , and with but little of what is now called civilisation . In Britain the troglodyte man was contemporary with the mammoth , rhinoceros , lion , and hyena , none of which [ II ]
... They were hunters , possessed of the rudest modes of existence , and with but little of what is now called civilisation . In Britain the troglodyte man was contemporary with the mammoth , rhinoceros , lion , and hyena , none of which [ II ]
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Adonis afterwards ancient animals annual apes appearance Aries Aryan atoms autumnal equinox Bacchus became Bible body bones Bracciolini brain bull called Capricornus caves century Cetus Chaldeans chimpanzee Christian Church civilisation climate commenced constellations containing creation cross declared deity deposited discovery divine earth Egypt Egyptian Eocene Europe evil evolution evolved existence flint followed fossil Genesis gods gorilla gradually Greek heaven Hebrew holy human hyæna incarnate intellectual Jews Kent's Cavern Kings Krishna lamb limestone male organ mammals Marsupials Meiocene ment mind Mithra monks mythology nature Neanderthal Neolithic Niccoli original Osiris Paleolithic period phallic Placentalia Pleiocene Pleistocene Pope possessed present Priapus priests probably prognathous race religion Saracen saviour Scorpio Semitic skull species stars sun-god Tacitus Taurus theory tion truth various vernal equinox vernal equinoxial point virgin Virgo Vishnu whole Wicliffe worship Yahouh Zeus zodiac zodiacal signs
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Página 23 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Página 20 - And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever...
Página 11 - But the peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is, that it is robbing the human race; posterity as well as the existing generation; those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it. If the opinion is right, they are deprived of the opportunity of exchanging error for truth: if wrong, they lose, what is almost as great a benefit, the clearer perception and livelier impression of truth, produced by its collision with error.
Página 12 - There is the greatest difference between presuming an opinion to be true, because with every opportunity for contesting it it has not been refuted, and assuming its truth for the purpose of not permitting its refutation. Complete liberty of contradicting and disproving our opinion is the very condition which justifies us in assuming its truth for purposes of action; and on no other terms can a being with human faculties have any rational assurance of being right.
Página 4 - The books of the Word are all those which have an internal sense ; but those which have not, are not the Word. The books of the Word in the Old Testament are, the five books of Moses, the book of Joshua, the book of Judges, the two books of Samuel, the two books of...
Página 29 - Religion of Humanity' can ever do more than temporarily shut out the thought of a Power of which Humanity is but a small and fugitive product — a Power which was in course of ever-changing manifestations before Humanity was, and will continue through other manifestations when Humanity has ceased to be.
Página 5 - And as to the other seven books — the epistle to the Hebrews, the epistle of St. James, the second epistle of St. Peter, the second and third epistles of St. John, the epistle of St. Jude, and the Revelation...
Página 9 - Aries the Ram, Taurus the Bull, Gemini the Twins, Cancer the Crab, Leo the Lion, Virgo the Virgin, Libra the Balance, Scorpio the Scorpion, Sagittarius the Archer, Capricornus the Goat, Aquarius the Waterbearer, and Pisces the Fishes...
Página 12 - No one can be a great thinker who does not recognize that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead. Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who hold them only because they do not suffer themselves to think.
Página 18 - ... the heavens on all sides. Now, I am really at a loss what to say of those who, when they have once gone wrong, steadily persevere in their folly, and defend one absurd opinion by another.