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" I mean by Nature, only the aggregate action and product of many natural laws, and by laws the sequence of events as ascertained by us. "
The Popular Science Monthly - Page 55
1886
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On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or, The Preservation ...

Charles Darwin - 1866 - 668 pages
...are almost necessary for brevity. So again it is difficult to avoid personifying the word Nature ; but I mean by Nature, only the aggregate action and product of many natural laws, and by laws the sequence of events as ascertained by us. With a little familiarity such superficial objections...
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Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute, Or ..., Volume 2

1867 - 510 pages
...are almost necessary for brevity. So, again, it is difficult to avoid personifying the word Nature ; but I mean by Nature only the aggregate action and product of many natural laws, and by laws the sequence of events as ascertained by us." — (P. 91-2.) Now, I think in the face of this it behoves...
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The Darwinian Theory of the Transmutation of Species

Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 598 pages
...are almost necessary for brevity. So, again, it is difficult to avoid personifying the word Nature, but I mean by Nature only the aggregate action and product of many laws, and by laws, the sequence of events as ascertained by us. With a little familiarity such superficial...
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The Darwinian Theory of the Transmutation of Species

Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 406 pages
...are almost necessary for brevity. So, again, it is difficult to avoid personifying the word Nature, but I mean by Nature only the aggregate action and product of many laws, and by laws, the sequence of events as ascertained by us. With a little familiarity such superficial...
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Benedict de Spinoza: His Life, Correspondence, and Ethics

Robert Willis - 1870 - 704 pages
...things.' He speaks of it again as ' an Active power or Deity ; ' and by ' Nature,' he says, ' I mean the aggregate action and product of many natural laws ; and by Laws the sequence of events as ascertained by us.' — Darwin, Origin of Species, 4th Ed. p. 92. To conclude...
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The Great Problem: The Higher Ministry of Nature Viewed in the Light of ...

John R. Leifchild - 1872 - 578 pages
...are almost necessary for brevity. So, again, it is difficult to avoid personifying the word Nature ; but I mean by Nature only the aggregate action and product of many natural laws, and by-laws the sequence of events as ascertained by us." So far this is clear enough, and we learn that...
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The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation of ...

Charles Darwin - 1873 - 492 pages
...they are almost necessary for brevity. So again it is difficult to avoid personifying the word Nature; but I mean by Nature, only the aggregate action and product of many natural laws, and by lawa the sequence of events as ascertained by us. With a little familiarity such superficial objections...
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The Story of Creation: As Told by Theology and by Science

Thomas Suter Ackland - 1873 - 250 pages
...expressly excludes this sense of the word, in a sentence which seems to involve a self-contradiction. "I mean by nature only the aggregate action and product of many natural laws, and by law only the ascertained sequence of events3." Law, in this sense, then, is simply the statement of...
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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at ..., Volumes 12-13

American Philosophical Society - 1873 - 662 pages
...does he deify nature, but says this of her : " It is difficult to avoid personifying the word nature ; but I mean by nature, only the aggregate action and product of many laws, and by laws the sequence of events as ascertained by us." It is obvious that the effect of the...
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Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at ..., Volumes 12-13

American Philosophical Society - 1873 - 626 pages
...does he deify nature, but says this of her : "It is difficult to avoid personifying the word nature ; but I mean by nature, only the aggregate action and product of many laws, and by laws the sequence of events as ascertained by us." It is obvious that the effect of the...
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