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" But if the succession of worlds is established in the system of nature, it is in vain to look for anything higher in the origin of the earth. The result, therefore, of this physical inquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning, — no prospect of... "
A History of European Thought in the Nineteenth Century - Page 293
by John Theodore Merz - 1903
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The Belfast Monthly Magazine, Volume 7

1811 - 538 pages
...his Creator, or of his redeemer, either loo little or too much. A COMPEND OF GEOLOUY. Of th.s earth we find no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end. A new Heaven and a new Earth. The mountain is worn down to the ocean; the laiul gradually tends to...
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A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes, Or, A Philosophical View of the ...

Thomas Keith - 1811 - 388 pages
...system of nature, he concludes his dissertation in these words ; " The result, therefore, of our present inquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end." 6. MR. WHITFHURST'S THFORY. naturally spherical, have been originally in a state of fluidity. Again,...
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A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes: Or, A Philosophical View of the ...

Thomas Keith - 1819 - 380 pages
...system of nature, he concludes his dissertation in these words ; " The result, therefore, of our present inquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end." 6. ME. WHrrEHURST»S THEORY. Mr. Whitehurst first proceeds to show, that all fluid bodies, which do...
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The Geology of the Avon: Being an Enquiry Into the Order of the Strata and ...

Joseph Sutcliffe - 1822 - 172 pages
...look for any thing higher in the origin of the earth. The result, therefore, of our present enquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning ; no prospect of an end." It is not questioned but the Doctor's mother gave him suck ; but it may be of moment to repeat a few...
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The Quarterly Christian Spectator

1829 - 742 pages
...under the waters to be fitted again to re.ppear in its turn. Of these alternations Dr. Hutton >:iv s. we find no vestige of a beginning — no prospect of an end." 'his conclusion has been regarded by many as atheistical and mpious. But the supporters of this theory,...
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Man, as known to us theologically and geologically

Edward Nares - 1834 - 366 pages
...in conformity to Scripture ; which is certainly not the case with other more fashionable theories. " The result therefore of this physical inquiry is, that we find no vestige of beginning, no prospect of an end." (Theory of the Earth, &c. by James Hutton, MD) But surely the first...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 65

1837 - 608 pages
...look for any thing higher in the origin of the earth. The ' result, therefore, of our present enquiry is, that we find no ' vestige of a beginning — no prospect of an end.' These enlarged and philosophical views, which he subsequently expanded into a more perfect work, attracted...
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The Philosophy of Geology

Antoine Claude Gabriel Jobert - 1847 - 212 pages
...vain to look for any thing higher in the origin of the earth. The result, therefore, of our present inquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end."* Mr. Lyell, adopting the philosophy of Hutton — " that geology is in nowise concerned with questions...
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The Philosophy of Geology

Antoine Claude Gabriel Jobert - 1847 - 206 pages
...vain to look for any thing higher in the origin of the earth. The result, therefore, of our present inquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end."* Mr. Lyell, adopting the philosophy of Hutton— " that geology is in nowise concerned with questions...
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The Philosophy of Geology

Antoine Claude Gabriel Jobert - 1846 - 390 pages
...look for any thing higher in the origin of the earth. The result, therefore, of our present inquiry c2 is, that we find no vestige of a beginning, no prospect of an end."* Mr. Lyell, adopting the philosophy of Hutton — " that geology is in nowise concerned with questions...
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