 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1893 - 916 pages
...either the past or the future duration of the universe can be estimated; and that although the Creator may put an end, as he no doubt gave a beginning, to the present system, such a catastrophe will not be brought about by any of the laws now existing, and is not indicated... | |
 | William Thomson Baron Kelvin - 1894 - 642 pages
...themselves the "elements of their own destruction. He has not " permitted in His works any symptoms of infancy, " or of old age, or any sign by which...beginning to the present system, at some " determinate time; but we may safely conclude " that this great catastrophe will not be brought " about by any of... | |
 | William Thomson Baron Kelvin - 1894 - 624 pages
...in His works any symptoms of infancy, "or of old age, or any sign by which we may "estimate cither their future or their past duration. " He may put...beginning to the present system, at some " determinate time ; but we may safely conclude " that this great catastrophe will not be brought " about by any... | |
 | Archibald Geikie - 1905 - 368 pages
...either the past or the future duration of the universe can be estimated; and that although the Creator may put an end, as He no doubt gave a beginning, to the present system, such a catastrophe will not be brought about by any of the laws now existing, and is not indicated... | |
 | Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1907 - 484 pages
...eye so far both into the future and the past, we discover no mark, either of the commencement or the termination of the present order. It is unreasonable,...to the present system, at some determinate period ; but we may safely conclude, that this great catastrophe will not be brought about by any of the laws... | |
 | Peter Macnair - 1908 - 350 pages
...given laws to the universe which, like the institutions of men, carry in themselves the elements of destruction. He has not permitted in His works any...to the present system, at some determinate period, but we may safely conclude that this great catastrophe will not be brought about by any of the laws... | |
 | Silvanus Phillips Thompson - 1910 - 634 pages
...of the present order. It is unreasonable, indeed, to suppose that such marks should exist anywhere. The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe...beginning to the present system, at some determinate time ; but we may safely conclude that this great catastrophe will not be brought about by any of the... | |
 | Silvanus Phillips Thompson - 1910 - 646 pages
...of the present order. It is unreasonable, indeed, to suppose that such marks should exist anywhere. The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe...beginning to the present system, at some determinate time'; but we may safely conclude that this great catastrophe will not be brought about by any of the... | |
 | Sir Charles Lyell - 1990 - 594 pages
...we may estimate either their future or their past duration. He may put an end, as he no doubt yave a beginning, to the present system at some determinate period of time ; but we may rest assured tbat this great catastrophe will not be brought about by the laws now existing, and that it is not... | |
 | Gerald James Holton, Stephen G. Brush - 2001 - 604 pages
...themselves the elements of their own destruction. He has not permitted, in his works, any symptoms of infancy or of old age, or any sign by which we...to the present system, at some determinate period; but we may safely conclude, that this great catastrophe will not be brought about by any of the laws... | |
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The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions of men, carry 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... 
