 ... impossible to conceive how this came to be so ; and equally, if he speculates on the future, he can assign no limit to the grand succession of phenomena ever unfolding themselves before him.  First Principles - Page 60by Herbert Spencer - 1867 - 559 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1857 - 602 pages
...the genesis of things, he allows himself to entertain the still unproved hypothesis that all matter once existed in a diffused form, he finds it utterly...no limit to the grand succession of phenomena ever evolving themselves before him. On the other hand, if he looks inward, he perceives that both terminations... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1857 - 624 pages
...the genesis of things, he allows himself to entertain the still unproved hypothesis that all matter once existed in a diffused form, he finds it utterly...no limit to the grand succession of phenomena ever evolving themselves before him. On the other hand, if he looks inward, he perceives that both terminations... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1858 - 466 pages
...tracing back the evolution of things, he allows himself to entertain the hypothesis that all matter once existed in a diffused form, he finds it utterly...of phenomena ever unfolding themselves before him. On the other hand, if he looks inward, he perceives that both terminations of the thread of consciousness... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1858 - 460 pages
...tracing back the evolution of things, he allows himself to entertain the hypothesis that all matter once existed in a diffused form, he finds it utterly...of phenomena ever unfolding themselves before him. On the other hand, if he looks inward, he perceives that both terminations of the thread of consciousness... | |
 | 1865 - 734 pages
...If, tracing back the evolution of things, he allows himself to entertain the hypothesis that matter once existed in a diffused form, he finds it utterly...of phenomena ever unfolding themselves before him When, again, he turns from the succession of phenomena to their essential nature, he is equally at... | |
 | 1865 - 736 pages
...If, tracing back the evolution of things, he allows himself to entertain the hypothesis that matter once existed in a diffused form, he finds it utterly...succession of phenomena ever unfolding themselves before hjyi When, again, he turns from the succession of phenomena to their essential nature, he is equally... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1865 - 488 pages
...himself to entertain the hypothesis that all matter once existed in a diffused form, he finds it ntterly impossible to conceive how this came to be so ; and...of phenomena ever unfolding themselves before him. On the other hand, if he looks inward, he perceives that both terminations of the thread of consciousness... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1865 - 504 pages
...allows himself to entertain the hypothesis that all matter once existed in a diffused form, he finds i^ utterly impossible to conceive how this came to be...no limit to the grand succession of phenomena ever nnfolding themselves before him. On the other hand, if he looks inward, he perceives that both terminations... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1865 - 528 pages
...that the Universe once existed in a diffused form, he finds it utterly impossible. to conceive Eow . this came to be so ; and equally, if. he speculates on the I future, he can assign no limit.. to the grand succession of phe' nomena ever unfolding themselves... | |
 | Francis Fisher Broune - 1869 - 420 pages
...tracing back the evolution of things, he allows himself to entertain the hypothesis that all matter once existed in a diffused form, he finds it utterly...speculates on the future, he can assign no limit to the great succession of phe. nomena ever unfolding themselves before him. On the other hand, if he looks... | |
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