Collected Essays: Science and Hebrew traditionAppleton, 1894 |
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... period , the calculations of the astronomer have no application . If The power of prediction , of prospective pro- phecy , is that which is commonly regarded as the great prerogative of physical science . And truly it is a wonderful ...
... period , the calculations of the astronomer have no application . If The power of prediction , of prospective pro- phecy , is that which is commonly regarded as the great prerogative of physical science . And truly it is a wonderful ...
Side 17
... period which is immeasurably remote , which long preceded the origin of the most conspicuous mountain masses of the present world and the deposition , at the bottom of the ocean , of the rocks which form the greater part of the soil of ...
... period which is immeasurably remote , which long preceded the origin of the most conspicuous mountain masses of the present world and the deposition , at the bottom of the ocean , of the rocks which form the greater part of the soil of ...
Side 43
... period , and others which ceased to exist at some subsequent period . The third is that , in the case of many groups of mammals and some of reptiles , in which one type can be followed through a considerable extent of geological time ...
... period , and others which ceased to exist at some subsequent period . The third is that , in the case of many groups of mammals and some of reptiles , in which one type can be followed through a considerable extent of geological time ...
Side 50
... period in the past , a condition of the world , essentially similar to that which we now know , came into existence , without any precedent condition from which it could have naturally pro- ceeded . The assumption that successive states ...
... period in the past , a condition of the world , essentially similar to that which we now know , came into existence , without any precedent condition from which it could have naturally pro- ceeded . The assumption that successive states ...
Side 54
... period of past time , our imaginary spectator would meet with a state of things very similar to that which now obtains ; but that the likeness of the▾ past to the present would gradually become less : and less , in proportion to the ...
... period of past time , our imaginary spectator would meet with a state of things very similar to that which now obtains ; but that the likeness of the▾ past to the present would gradually become less : and less , in proportion to the ...
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Side 195 - And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image ; and called his name Seth...
Side 336 - The mother of Sisera looked out at a window and cried through the lattice Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Side 219 - Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark : and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged ; the fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained...
Side 290 - Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the Lord is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy ? And the Lord hath done to him as he spake by me : for the Lord hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbour, even to David: because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day.
Side 332 - And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly : but these sheep, what have they done ? let Thine hand, I pray Thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
Side 290 - Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night.
Side 297 - Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, .and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: and they saw the God of Israel...
Side 140 - 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.
Side 289 - And Saul answered, I am sore distressed ; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets nor by dreams : therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do.
Side 195 - OF ADAM. °In the day that °God created °man, in the likeness of °God made He ° Jjtm ; 2 Male and female created He °them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, 1 in the day when they were created.