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The contemplation of the works of creation elevates the mind to the admiration of whatever is great and noble ; accomplishing the object of all study , which , in the eloquent language of Sir James Mackintosh , “ is to inspire the love ...
The contemplation of the works of creation elevates the mind to the admiration of whatever is great and noble ; accomplishing the object of all study , which , in the eloquent language of Sir James Mackintosh , “ is to inspire the love ...
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The magnitude and splendour of the objects , the inconceivable rapidity with which they move , and the enormous distances between them , impress the mind with some notion of the energy that maintains them in their motions , with a ...
The magnitude and splendour of the objects , the inconceivable rapidity with which they move , and the enormous distances between them , impress the mind with some notion of the energy that maintains them in their motions , with a ...
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Our knowledge of external objects is founded upon experience , which furnishes facts ; the comparison of these facts establishes relations , from which the belief that like causes will produce like effects leads to general laws .
Our knowledge of external objects is founded upon experience , which furnishes facts ; the comparison of these facts establishes relations , from which the belief that like causes will produce like effects leads to general laws .
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Objects appear to be situate in the direction of the rays which proceed from them . Were light propagated instantaneously , every object , whether at rest or in motion , would appear in the direction of these rays ; but , as light takes ...
Objects appear to be situate in the direction of the rays which proceed from them . Were light propagated instantaneously , every object , whether at rest or in motion , would appear in the direction of these rays ; but , as light takes ...
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... with a powerful telescope , made by himself , has seen Iapetus , the nearest of the two , on several occasions , even when the opening of the ring was very wide , which made it extremely difficult to see so minute an object .
... with a powerful telescope , made by himself , has seen Iapetus , the nearest of the two , on several occasions , even when the opening of the ring was very wide , which made it extremely difficult to see so minute an object .
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