 | 1845 - 260 pages
...seem placed by its Creator as guides and records, not merely to elevate our minds by the conception of what is vast, but to teach us to direct our actions by reference to what is immutable in his works." From the researches of modem astronomers we learn, and by unerring mathematical deductions we can prove,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1858 - 924 pages
...universe ; and amidst the endless and complicated fluctuations of our system, seem placed by their Creator as guides and records, not merely to elevate...is vast, but to teach us to direct our actions by what is immutable in his works. It is, indeed, hardly possible to over-appreciate their value in this... | |
 | 1872 - 412 pages
...inquiries into the remoter mysteries of nature, — to trace the path of our system through infinite space, or its history through past and future eternities....minds by the contemplation of what is vast, but to icach us to direct our actions by reference to what is immutable in His works. It is, indeed, hardly... | |
 | Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow - 1873 - 542 pages
...universe, and, amidst the endless and complicated fluctuations of our system, seem placed by their Creator as guides and records, not merely to elevate...immutable in His works. It is, indeed, hardly possible to over appreciate their value in this point of view. Every well determined star, from the moment its... | |
 | 1873 - 840 pages
...of the universe; and, amid the endless and complicated fluctuations of our system, seem placed bj iu Creator as guides and records, not merely to elevate...teach us to direct our actions by reference to what is immuiable in his works. It is indeed hardly possible to over-appreciate their value in this point of... | |
 | 1873 - 824 pages
...said, in an address to the Astronomical Society, in 1827, " are landmarks of the universe ; and, amid the endless and complicated fluctuations of our system,...to elevate our minds by the contemplation of what ia vast, but to teach us to direct our actions by reference to what is immutable in his works. It is... | |
 | 1873 - 808 pages
...endlesand complicated fluctuations of our system, seeui placed by its Creator as guides and records, no: merely to elevate our minds by the contemplation of what is vast, but to teach us to direct our »ctions by reference to what is immutable in Hiworks. It is indeed hardly possible to over-appreciate... | |
 | 1885 - 520 pages
...address to the Astronomical Society r in 18Ü7, " are landmarks of the universe ; and amidst the cndWss and complicated fluctuations of our system, seem placed...contemplation of what is vast, but to teach us to duett our actions by reference to what is immutable in His works. It is indeed hardly possible to over-appreciate... | |
 | R.T. Bienvenu, M. Feingold - 1990 - 320 pages
...has toiled, or a Maskelyne or a Piazzi worn out his venerable age in watching? the answer is, — ... The stars are the land-marks of the universe; and...our actions by reference to what is immutable in his works.81 Where looking at the same phenomena, Herschel finds immutability. Airy finds nothing but change:... | |
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The stars are the landmarks of the universe; and, amidst the endless and complicated fluctuations of our system, seem placed by its Creator as guides and records, not merely to elevate our minds by the contemplation of what is vast, but to teach us to... 