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Page 149 - Sartor Resartus" led me to know that a deep sense of religion was compatible with the entire absence of theology.
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Page 149 - Science seems to me to teach in the highest and strongest manner the great truth which is embodied in the Christian conception of entire surrender to the will of God. Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing. I have only begun to learn content and peace of mind since I have resolved at all risks to do this.
Page xii - Acknowledgment is also made to general discussions of the meeting of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, held in June 1940, at the University of California, Berkeley, California.
Page 200 - Creation Records," "Buried Cities and Bible Countries," etc.). MYTHS OF GREECE EXPLAINED AND DATED. An Embalmed History from Uranus to Perseus, including the Eleusinian Mysteries and the Olympic Games. Demy 8vo. 2 vols.
Page 109 - I do not believe that any man who looks round the equipment of our Universities or medical schools or other places of education can honestly say in his heart that we have done enough to equip research with all the costly armoury which research must have in these modern days. We, the richest country in the world, lag behind Germany, France, Switzerland, and Italy. Is it not disgraceful ? Are we too poor or are we too stupid...
Page 213 - That facilities for study and research in the Government Departments, the Library of Congress, the National Museum, the Zoological Park, the Bureau of Ethnology, the Fish Commission, the Botanic Gardens, and similar institutions hereafter established shall be afforded to...
Page 87 - Dr. Bretschneider was an honorary corresponding member of the Royal Geographical Society, as well as of many other societies. As already announced, the sixth annual congress of the SouthEastern Union of Scientific Societies will be held at Haslemere and Hindhead on June 6-8. An address will be given by the president-elect, Mr. GA Boulenger, FRS, and a number of interesting papers are down for reading, among them being the following : — Moisture in the atmosphere, the Hon. Rollo Russell ; certain...
Page 115 - PREFACE. THE Liverpool Marine Biology Committee was constituted in 1885, with the object of investigating the Fauna and Flora of the Irish Sea. The dredging, trawling, and other collecting expeditions organised by the Committee have been carried on intermittently since that time, and a considerable amount of material, both published and unpublished, has been accumulated. Fourteen Annual Reports of the Committee and five volumes dealing with the " Fauna and Flora
Page xviii - The insect book. A popular account of the bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, flies and other North American insects exclusive of the butterflies, moths and beetles, with full life histories, tables and bibliographies. xxvii,[2],429 p. 264 il. 48 pi. 15 colored. Q. New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1901. "Bibliography,