Amid the mysteries which become the more mysterious the more they are thought about, there will remain the ONE absolute certainty, that he is ever in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed. The Popular Science Monthly - Page 7801885Full view - About this book
 | Sir John Lubbock - 1894 - 336 pages
...the more they are thought about, there will remain the one absolute certainty, that man is ever hi presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy, from which all things proceed." We must then be content to feel, we cannot define. Many of the differences which separate men into... | |
 | William James Potter - 1895 - 474 pages
...calls the "Ultimate Reality," "the Unknowable," or the "Great Enigma" of the universe: "There remains the one absolute certainty, that man is ever in the...and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed." That tallies sufficiently with so much of the Hebrew thought as refers to the relation of human life... | |
 | Henry Wace - 1895 - 392 pages
...mysterious the more they are thought about, there will remain the one absolute certainty that we are ever in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed," it seems obvious to ask whether this supposed confutation of Christian belief respecting the nature... | |
 | 1894 - 678 pages
...more mysterious, the more they are investigated " this one absolute certainty remains, that we are in the presence of an infinite and eternal energy from which all things proceed." As to the nature of that infiniteand eternal energy, he elsewhere tells us that it is a mistake to... | |
 | 1895 - 590 pages
...Indicates that all human study and research finally bring us to the one absolute certainty —"that we are in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed." This is the ultimatum of the most material and scientific methods of research. Mr. Spencer continuing... | |
 | Vida Dutton Scudder - 1895 - 174 pages
...of fancy, all deceits of desire are suppressed we find ourselves — the words are Spencer's — " in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed." Profound awe, intense humility in this dark presence, are henceforth to form our religion, to nourish... | |
 | William De Witt Hyde - 1900 - 284 pages
...the more they are thought about, there will remain the one absolute certainty, that man is ever in presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy, from which all things proceed " ; and then adds that, " The powsr manifested throughout the Universe distinguished as material, is... | |
 | Friedrich Paulsen - 1895 - 478 pages
...thought about, there will remain the one absolute certainty, that he (the investigator) is ever in presence of an infinite and eternal energy, from which all things proceed." What is this energy ? " Consequently the final outcome of that speculation commenced by the primitive... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1896 - 630 pages
...more mysterious the more they are thought about, there will remain the one absolute certainty, that he is ever in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy, from which all things proceed. " In due course, were they written, should here follow the remaining parts of the 'Principles of Sociology,... | |
 | V. C. Desertis - 1896 - 362 pages
...William Hamilton's philosophy of common-sense. Herbert Spencer speaks of the certainty that we are " ever in the presence of an infinite and eternal energy from which all things proceed," " manifested within and without us," and asserts that the "inscrutable existence which science is compelled... | |
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