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 of them, a certain force of character is requisite to preserve us from bewilderment. The Intellectual Observer - Page 3731863Full view - About this book
| Pennsylvania Yearly Meeting of Progressive Friends (1853-1940) - 1891 - 900 pages
...says Tyndall, " constitute a poem more sublime than has ever yet been addressed to the imagination. The natural philosopher of to-day may dwell amid conceptions...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... | |
| 1863 - 538 pages
...others, on the constitution of the sun, as rendered more or less probable by spectrum analysis, offer a very wide field, both for reasoning and conjecture...— the stored power of our coal fields, our winds arid rivers ; our fleets, armies and guns. What are they ? They are all generated by a portion of the... | |
| 1863 - 568 pages
...constitute a poem more sublime than has ever yet been addressed to* the intellect and imagination of man. The natural philosopher of to-day may dwell amid conceptions...requisite to preserve us from bewilderment. Look at the integrated energies of our world — the stored power of our coal-fields ; our fleets, armies, and... | |
| John Tyndall - 1863 - 538 pages
...constitute a poem more sublime than has ever yet been addressed to the intellect and imagination' of man. The natural philosopher of to-day may dwell amid conceptions,...requisite to preserve us from bewilderment. Look at the integrated energies of our world, — the stored power of our coal fields ; our winds and rivers ;... | |
| John Tyndall - 1863 - 500 pages
...constitute a poem more sublime than has ever yet been addressed to the intellect and imagination of man. The natural philosopher of to-day may dwell amid conceptions, which beggar those of Milton. Se great and grand are they, that in the contemplation of them, a certain force of character is requisite... | |
| 1864 - 382 pages
...or of training the same to an angle of 45° or more. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. THE PHILOSOPHY OF TO-DAY. "THE natural philosopher of to-day may dwell amid...integral 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... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1864 - 554 pages
...constitute a poem more sublime than has ever yet been addressed to the intellect and imagination of man. The natural philosopher of to-day may dwell amid conceptions which beggar those of Milton." —P. 432. Grand as are the truths which this peroration is intended to set forth, we can not read... | |
| 1865 - 372 pages
...training the same to an angle of 45° or more. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. THE PHILOSOPHY OF TO-DAT. "Тнв natural philosopher of to-day may dwell amid conceptions...integral energies of our world ; the stored power of our coal-fields, our winds and rivers, our fleets, armies, and guns. What are they? They ara all generated... | |
| 1865 - 372 pages
...or of training the same to an angle of 45° or more. NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. THE PHILOSOPHY OF TO-DAY. "THE natural philosopher of to-day may dwell amid...those of Milton. So great and grand are they, that ill the contemplation of them a certain force of character is requisite to preserve us from bewilderment.... | |
| Charles Bray - 1866 - 182 pages
...modern science constitute a poem more sublime than has ever yet been addressed to the imagination. The natural philosopher of to-day may dwell amid conceptions...force of character is requisite to preserve us from bewildennent. Look at the integrated energies of our world — the stored power of our coal-fields,... | |
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