 | Conrad Malte-Brun - 1827 - 564 pages
...Sacred Writings, which, in speaking of (he earth, employ expressions borrowed from ordinary language,* ought not to induce us to reject a physical truth...globes roll in space. The force which supports them isunknown to us ; but we see its effects, and we investigate the laws according to which these effects... | |
 | Conrad Malte-Brun - 1829 - 552 pages
...Sacred Writings, which, in speaking of the earth, employ expressions borrowed from ordinary language,* ought not to induce us to reject a physical truth...effects, and we investigate the laws according to n-hich these effects take place. Let us then lay aside all uneasiness concerning the antipodes, that... | |
 | Brothers of the Christian schools of Ireland - 1841 - 316 pages
...the supposition of the sphericity of our earth, leave no room for reasonable doubts upon the subject. In vain does ignorance demand of us how the earth...heavens, and observe how many other globes roll in space. Let us then lay aside all uneasiness concerning the " antipodes," that is, the people of the earth... | |
 | James Laurie - 1842 - 1098 pages
...altogether foreign to the moral truths which religion undertakes to teach. In vain does ignorance demand how the earth can remain suspended in the air without...is unknown to us ; but we see its effects, and we can investigate the laws according to which these effects take place. Everything on the surface of... | |
 | System - 1842 - 894 pages
...altogether foreign to the moral truths which religion undertakes to teach. In vain does ignorance demand how the earth can remain suspended in the air without...support. Let us look upon the heavens, and observe how тяну other globes roll in space. The force which supports them is unknown to us; but we see its... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1882 - 442 pages
...leave no room for doubts as to the sphericity of our earth. In vain does ignorance demand how th« earth can remain suspended in the air without any...heavens, and observe how many other globes roll in space. Let us lay aside all uneasiness concerning the antipodes, that is, the people on the opposite side... | |
 | 1857 - 602 pages
...form of the earth is the fundamental principle of all mathematical geography. But it has been asked how the earth can remain suspended in the air without...laws according to which these effects take place. Let as, then, lay aside all uneasiness concerning the antipodes, that is, the people of the earth whose... | |
 | 1857 - 598 pages
...form of the earth ¡9 the fundamental principle of all mathematical geography. But it has been asked how the earth can remain suspended in the air without any support 1 Let us look upon the heavens, and observe how many other globes roll in space. The force which supports... | |
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In vain does ignorance demand of us how the earth can remain suspended in the air without any support. Let us look upon the heavens, and observe how many other globes roll in space. The force which supports them is unknown to us ; but we see its effects,... 