 | 1803 - 572 pages
...concludes ' that, in the ccconomy of the world, we see no marks either of a beginning or an end;' ' that the Author of nature has not given laws to the...in themselves the elements of their own destruction I' and that, ' though he may put an end, as he gave a beginning, to the present system^ at some determinate... | |
 | 1818 - 400 pages
...creation. It appears then (says Mr. Brande) that the terrestrial changes going on around us, both rapid and gradual, are subse'rvient to the most beneficial effects,...like the institutions of men, carry in themselves the ele1 Brande's Outlines of Geology, p. 20. raents of their own destruction, but that His works are preserved... | |
 | John Playfair - 1822 - 552 pages
...of the present order. It is unreasonable, indeed, to suppose that such marks should any where exist. The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe,...in themselves the elements of their own destruction ; he has not permitted in his works any symptom of infancy or of old age, or any sign by which we may... | |
 | John Playfait - 1822 - 550 pages
...of the present order. It is unreasonable, indeed, to suppose that such marks should any where exist. The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe,...in themselves the elements of their own destruction ; he has not permitted in his works any symptom of infancy or of old age, or any sign by which we may... | |
 | 1829 - 488 pages
...of the present order. It is unreasonable, indeed, to suppose that such marks should any where exist. The Author of Nature has not given laws to the universe,...themselves the elements of their own destruction. He has not permitted in his works any symptom of infancy or old age, or any sign by which we may estimate... | |
 | William Thomas Brande - 1829 - 266 pages
...operations apparently destructive, nature renovates her powers : from the decay of animated beings we deduce similar conclusions, and in inanimate nature, we now...nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like R the institutions of men,, carry in themselves the elements of their own destruction, but that His... | |
 | Andrew Ure - 1829 - 704 pages
...is unreasonable indeed, to suppose, that such marks should any where exist. The Author of Nature hus not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions...themselves the elements of their own destruction. He has not permitted in his works any symptom of infancy or old age, or any sign by which we may estimate... | |
 | 1831 - 448 pages
...of the present order. It is unreasonable, indeed, to suppose that such marks should any where exist. The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe,...in themselves the elements of their own destruction ; he has not permitted in his works any symptom of infancy or of old age, or any sign by which we may... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1831 - 180 pages
...Scriptures are often delivered in a vulgar and illustrative way ; and being written unto man, are 3 The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe,...themselves the elements of their own destruction. He has not permitted in his works any symptom of infancy or old age, or any sign by which we may estimate... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 260 pages
...the present order. It is unreasonable, indeed, to suppose, that such marks should any where exist. The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe,...themselves the elements of their own destruction. He has not permitted, in his works, any symptom of infancy or of old age, or any sign by which we may... | |
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He has not permitted, in his works, any symptom of infancy or of old age, or any sign by which we may estimate either their future or their past duration. He may put an end, as he no doubt gave a beginning, to the present system, at some determinate... 
