 | Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - 1891 - 900 pages
...imagination. The natural philosopher of to-day may dwell amid conceptions which beggar those of Milton. So great and grand are they that in the contemplation...character is requisite to preserve us from bewilderment." Thus science has done its part to abolish the old view, to show its unworthiness, its falsity, The... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1863 - 500 pages
...conditioned. Here the Proteus works his spells ; the selfsame essence takes a million shapes and hues, and finally dissolves into its primitive and almost...portion of the sun's energy, which does not amount to s^oooVooffo-th of the whole. This, in fact, is the entire fraction of the sun's force intercepted by... | |
 | 1863 - 568 pages
...man. The natural philosopher of to-day may dwell amid conceptions which beggar those of Milton. So great and grand are they, that in the contemplation...world — the stored power of our coal-fields ; our fleets, armies, and guns. What are they ? They are all generated by a portion of the sun's energy,... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1863 - 538 pages
...man. The natural philosopher of to-day may dwell amid conceptions, which beggar those of Milton. So great and grand are they, that in the contemplation...energies of our world, — the stored power of our coal fields ; our winds and rivers ; our fleets, armies, and guns. What are they? They are all generated... | |
 | 1863 - 530 pages
...— " The natural philosopher of to-day may dwell amid conceptions which beggar those of Milton. So great and grand are they, that in the contemplation...requisite to preserve us from bewilderment. Look at the integral energies of our world — the stored power of our coal fields, our winds and rivers ; our... | |
 | 1863 - 538 pages
...— " The natural philosopher of to-day may dwell amid conceptions which beggar those of Milton. So great and grand are they, that in the contemplation...requisite to preserve us from bewilderment. Look at the integral energies of our world — the stored power of our coal fields, our winds arid rivers ; our... | |
 | 1864 - 382 pages
...TO-DAY. "THE natural philosopher of to-day may dwell amid conceptions which beggar those of Milton. So great and grand are they, that in the contemplation...requisite to preserve us from bewilderment. Look at the integral energies of our world; the stored power of our coal-fields, our winds and rivers, our fleets,... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1865 - 494 pages
...primitive and almost formless form. The sun comes to us as heat ; he quits us as heat ; and between bis entrance and departure the multiform powers of our...portion of the sun's energy, which does not amount to 73 ossVijjoth of the whole. This, in fact, is the entire fraction of the sun's force intercepted by... | |
 | 1865 - 372 pages
...TO-DAT. "Тнв natural philosopher of to-day may dwell amid conceptions which beggar those of Milton. So great and grand are they, that in the contemplation...requisite to preserve us from bewilderment. Look at the integral energies of our world ; the stored power of our coal-fields, our winds and rivers, our fleets,... | |
 | 1865 - 372 pages
...to-day may dwell amid conceptions which beggar those of Milton. So great and grand are they, that ill the contemplation of them a certain force of character...requisite to preserve us from bewilderment. Look at the integral energies of our world ; the stored power of our coal-fields, our winds and rivers, our fleets,... | |
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