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" ... in the planetary motions, where geometry has carried the eye so far both into the future and the past, we discover no mark either of the commencement or the termination of the present order. "
Principles of Geology: Being an Inquiry how Far the Former Changes of the ... - Page 95
by Sir Charles Lyell - 1837 - 546 pages
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Works, with a memoir of the author, Volume 1

John Playfait - 1822 - 668 pages
...of animals and vegetables that inhabit the earth, we discern neither a beginning nor an end ; and, in the planetary motions, where geometry has carried...we discover no mark, either of the commencement or the termination of the present order. | It is unreasonable, indeed, to suppose, that such marks should...
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The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and Art, Volume 27

1829 - 488 pages
...of animals and vegetables that inhabit the earth, we . discern neither a beginning nor an end ; and in the planetary motions, where geometry has carried the eye so far both into the future and past, we discover no mark either of the commencement or of the termination of the present order. It...
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A New System of Geology, in which the Great Revolutions of the Earth and ...

Andrew Ure - 1829 - 704 pages
...species of animals and vegetables that inhabit the earth, we discern neither a beginning nor an end; and in the planetary motions, where geometry has carried...into the future and the past, we discover no mark cither of the commencement or of the termination of the present order. It is unreasonable indeed, to...
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The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the ..., Volume 11

1831 - 448 pages
...species of animals and vegetables that inhabit the earth, we discern neither a beginning nor end ; and in the planetary motions where geometry has carried...we discover no mark either of the commencement or terinitiation of the present order. It is unreasonable, indeed, to suppose that such marks should any...
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Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 10

Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...species of animals and vegetables that inhabit the earth, we discern neither a beginning nor an end ; and in the planetary motions, where geometry has carried...into the future and the past, we discover no mark, cither of the commencement or the termination of the present order. It is unreasonable, indeed, to...
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Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, ed. by G. G. Cunningham, Volume 6

Englishmen - 1837 - 530 pages
...species of animals and vegetables that inhabit the earth, we discern neither a beginning nor an end ; and in the planetary motions, where geometry has carried...we discover no mark, either of the commencement or the termination of the present order. It is unreasonable, indeed, to suppose, that such marks should...
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The Age of the Earth Considered Geologically and Historically

William Rhind - 1838 - 222 pages
...a circumstance that accords with what is known concerning other parts of the economy of the world. In the planetary motions, where geometry has carried...we discover no mark either of the commencement or the termination of the present order. It is unreasonable, indeed, to suppose, that such marks should...
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Incentives to the Cultivation of the Science of Geology: Designed for the ...

Samuel Sidwell Randall - 1846 - 216 pages
...species of animals and vegetables that inhabit the earth, we discern neither a beginning nor an end ; and in the planetary motions, where geometry has carried...we discover no mark, either of the commencement or the termination of the present order. It is unreasonable, indeed, to suppose that such marks should...
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The Task of To-day

Evans Bell - 1852 - 152 pages
...prospect of an end." And Playfair says, " In the planetary motions, where geometry has carried the mind so far, both into the future and the past, we discover no mark either of the commencement or of the termination of the present order."f The universe is stable, the motions of the planetary bodies...
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A History of England in the Lives of Englishmen, Volume 6

George Godfrey Cunningham - 1853 - 512 pages
...species of animals and vegetables that inhabit the earth, we discern neither a beginning nor an end ; and in the planetary motions, where geometry has carried...we discover no mark, either of the commencement or the termination of the present order. It is unreasonable, indeed, to suppose, that such marks should...
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