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... universe has been enlarged in every direction by the investigations of astronomers , phys- icists , and biologists . What a distance between the very small world of Genesis centered upon the Garden of Eden and the universe created by ...
... universe has been enlarged in every direction by the investigations of astronomers , phys- icists , and biologists . What a distance between the very small world of Genesis centered upon the Garden of Eden and the universe created by ...
Page 61
... universe thoroughly . There is also a very good practical and philosophi- cal motive for devoting at least as much attention to the more distant achievements as to the later ones , and that is , that the former , although so much easier ...
... universe thoroughly . There is also a very good practical and philosophi- cal motive for devoting at least as much attention to the more distant achievements as to the later ones , and that is , that the former , although so much easier ...
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... universe , even beyond the reach of the most fantastic dreams . These are marvels indeed in comparison with which all the marvels of the Arabian Nights seem cheap and com- monplace ; but the greatest marvel of all , is it not the fact ...
... universe , even beyond the reach of the most fantastic dreams . These are marvels indeed in comparison with which all the marvels of the Arabian Nights seem cheap and com- monplace ; but the greatest marvel of all , is it not the fact ...
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