 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1870 - 448 sider
...the clue furnished by the naturalist. All who are competent to express an opinion on the subject are, at present, agreed that the manifold varieties of...what men of science term a natural law. Whether such u law is to be regarded as an expression of the mode of operation of natural forces, or whether it... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1871 - 422 sider
...the clue furnished by the naturalist. All who are competent to express an opinion on the subject are, at present, agreed that the manifold varieties of...statement of the manner in which a supernatural power lias thought fit to act, is a secondary question, so long as the existence of the law and the possibility... | |
 | Christian Evidence Society - 1871 - 552 sider
...Sermons, p. 236) speaks as follows :—" All who are competent to express an opinion upon the subject are, at present, agreed that the manifold varieties of...order is what men of science term a natural law." The whole chain of animal and vegetable life seems to this great authority so perfect and complete,... | |
 | JAMES BRADFORD BABBITT - 1875 - 272 sider
...vegetable forms have not either come into existence by chance, nor result from capricious exertion of creative power ; but that they have taken place...order is what men of science term a natural law." While expressing the profound est ignorance of the laws determining the origin of species, they demonstrate... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1886 - 354 sider
...manifold varieties of animal and vegetable form have not either come into existence by chance, nor Icsult from capricious exertions of creative power ; but...an expression of the mode of operation of natural forees, or whether it is simply a statement of the manner in which a supernatural power has thought... | |
 | William Cochrane - 1886 - 568 sider
...(upon the mode of creation) agree, that the manifold varieties of animal and vegetable form, have not come into existence by chance, nor result from capricious...statement of which order is what men of science term natural law. The plastic matter out of which the smallest animal is formed, undergoes changes so steady... | |
 | Francis Asbury Shoup - 1891 - 380 sider
...opinion on the subject are at present agreed that the manifold varieties of animal and vegetable life have not either come into existence by chance, nor...statement of which order is what men of science term natural law." But he reaches the highest possible pitch in the following energetic expression : " How... | |
 | 1909 - 664 sider
...his essential idea was plain and unexceptionable, viz., that neither organic nor inorganic phenomena "result from capricious exertions of creative power;...order is what men of science term a natural law." These last words are Huxley's own, uttered in 1862, in an address before the Geological Society. It... | |
 | Victoria Institute (Great Britain) - 1890 - 410 sider
...opinion on the subject are at present agreed that the manifold varieties of animal and vegetable life have not either come into existence by chance, nor...order is what men of science term a natural law," and while their deductions are so distinct from what they accept as facts, they are confident that... | |
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... find no guidance, will be securely threaded by the clue furnished by the naturalist. All who are competent to express an opinion on the subject are, at present, agreed that the manifold varieties of animal and vegetable form have not either come into... 