Geognosy; Or, The Facts and Principles of Geology Against TheoriesF. Knight, 1855 - 412 pages |
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... of a different circle . It springs undoubtedly from doctrines that are taught them by persons of their own sphere , and that enter as elements into the system of popular educa- tion , and doctrines that , instead of being openly PREFACE.
... of a different circle . It springs undoubtedly from doctrines that are taught them by persons of their own sphere , and that enter as elements into the system of popular educa- tion , and doctrines that , instead of being openly PREFACE.
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... elements of their hypothesis , which are , in our judgment , at war alike with that record and with their own principles . To a candid discus- sion of the subject , no fair - minded man should object . canic mountains , at the mouths of ...
... elements of their hypothesis , which are , in our judgment , at war alike with that record and with their own principles . To a candid discus- sion of the subject , no fair - minded man should object . canic mountains , at the mouths of ...
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... elements of air and water - is raised to a gaseous form only by intense heat . But heat is naturally latent . It is developed or made perceptible only by chemical action . To suppose the world to have been created in a gaseous form , is ...
... elements of air and water - is raised to a gaseous form only by intense heat . But heat is naturally latent . It is developed or made perceptible only by chemical action . To suppose the world to have been created in a gaseous form , is ...
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... elements on each other after they were created . That supposition therefore contradicts the laws of heat and the formation of gaseous bodies . It is as unphilosophical and absurd to suppose the matter of the globe to have been created ...
... elements on each other after they were created . That supposition therefore contradicts the laws of heat and the formation of gaseous bodies . It is as unphilosophical and absurd to suppose the matter of the globe to have been created ...
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... elements of which the great pyramid of Egypt consists , and the fact that it was erected by human hands -- do not prove that millions of ages were occupied in its erection ; no theory , respecting the agents by whom it was built , and ...
... elements of which the great pyramid of Egypt consists , and the fact that it was erected by human hands -- do not prove that millions of ages were occupied in its erection ; no theory , respecting the agents by whom it was built , and ...
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Page 168 - And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man : All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died.
Page 142 - Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
Page 143 - And God said, Behold I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to you it shall be for meat.
Page 144 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
Page 131 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 125 - By the word of the Lord were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses.
Page 114 - And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters that were above the firmament: and it was so.
Page 142 - And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind : and God saw that it was good.
Page 395 - And GOD created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind : and GOD saw that it was good.
Page 41 - Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy: , Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God; in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates...