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... mere probability , what may we expect of scientific truths more complex and more difficult of solution ? Copernicus reasoned thus , Which is more likely to be in motion , the earth or the whole universe 12 THE CITIES OF THE SUN.
... mere probability , what may we expect of scientific truths more complex and more difficult of solution ? Copernicus reasoned thus , Which is more likely to be in motion , the earth or the whole universe 12 THE CITIES OF THE SUN.
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George Woodward Warder. be in motion , the earth or the whole universe out- side of it ? In whatever proportion the heavens are greater than the earth , in the same proportion must their motion be more rapid to carry them round in twenty ...
George Woodward Warder. be in motion , the earth or the whole universe out- side of it ? In whatever proportion the heavens are greater than the earth , in the same proportion must their motion be more rapid to carry them round in twenty ...
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... motion , and direction of many stars were measured , including suns so remote it took two hundred years for their light to reach the earth . Humboldt stated a fundamental truth when he said that , " Belief in the discord of the elements ...
... motion , and direction of many stars were measured , including suns so remote it took two hundred years for their light to reach the earth . Humboldt stated a fundamental truth when he said that , " Belief in the discord of the elements ...
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... motion and magnetic power . That Omnipo- tent Deity impresses His laws upon nature , and con- trols the universe by this invisible potential agency . That the soul , an atom of Deity , by electric energy controls its mortal body ; and ...
... motion and magnetic power . That Omnipo- tent Deity impresses His laws upon nature , and con- trols the universe by this invisible potential agency . That the soul , an atom of Deity , by electric energy controls its mortal body ; and ...
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... motion are also electric generators , drawing their electric supplies of atoms and electricity from the sun and the intervening space of their smaller orbits . But they receive their chief supply of opposite electricity from the sun ...
... motion are also electric generators , drawing their electric supplies of atoms and electricity from the sun and the intervening space of their smaller orbits . But they receive their chief supply of opposite electricity from the sun ...
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Page 190 - And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire ; the third, a chalcedony ; the fourth, an emerald; the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte ; the eighth, beryl ; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. And the twelve gates were twelve pearls ; every several gate was of one pearl : and the street of the city was pure...
Page 200 - Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not : for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book : worship God.
Page 190 - And I saw a new heaven and a new earth : for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away ; and there was no more sea. And I John saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Page 240 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth : and it was so.
Page 190 - And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal...
Page 237 - IN the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. And the earth was without form, and void ; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good : and God divided the light from the darkness. And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
Page 240 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called He seas: and God saw that it was good.
Page 228 - Oh, yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood; That nothing walks with aimless feet; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Page 214 - Thou art, of what sort the eternal life of the saints was to be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 205 - In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.