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" It is unreasonable, indeed, to suppose that such marks should any where exist. 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... "
The Works of John Playfair ...: With a Memoir of the Author ... - Page 55
by John Playfair - 1822
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What May be Learned from a Tree

Harland Coultas - 1863 - 200 pages
...beech or venerable oak, I have an infinite variety of choice volumes in the flowers spread at my * " The Author of Nature has not given laws to the Universe which, like the Institutions of man, carry in themselves the elements of their own destruction. He has not permitted in his works any...
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The English Cyclopaedia, Part 2, Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1866 - 582 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, indeed, to suppose that such marks should anywhere exist. The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions...
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Natural History: Or, Second Division of "The English Encyclopedia", Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1866 - 584 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, indeed, to suppose that such marks should anywhere exist The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe, which, like the institutions...
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The Theological Review, Volume 5

1868 - 626 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, indeed, to suppose that such marks should anywhere exist. The Author of nature has not given laws to the universe which, like the institutions...
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The Theological review [ed. by C. Beard]., Volume 5

Charles Beard - 1868 - 656 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, indeed, to suppose that such marks should anywhere exist . Tho Author of nature has not given laws to the universe which, like the institutions...
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Principles of Geology: Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its ..., Volume 1

Sir Charles Lyell - 1872 - 714 pages
...termination of the present order. It is unreasonable, indeed, to suppose that such marks should anywhere exist. The Author of Nature has not given laws to the universe, whici, lite the institutions of men, carry in themselves the elements of their own destruction. He...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 142

1876 - 608 pages
...and the past, we discover no mark either of the commencement or the termination of the present order. The author of Nature has not given laws to the Universe,...themselves the elements of their own destruction.' This was a. bold assertion : it was adopted with very little limitation by Sir Charles Lyell, and the...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 142

1876 - 612 pages
...and the past, we discover no mark either of the commencement or the termination of the present order. The author of Nature has not given laws to the Universe,...themselves the elements of their own destruction.' This was a bold assertion : it was adopted with very little limitation by Sir Charles Lyell, and the...
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Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 24; Volume 87

1876 - 814 pages
...and the past, we discover no mark e'ther of the commencement or the termination of the present order. The author of Nature has not given laws to the Universe,...themselves the elements of their own destruction.' This was a bold assertion : it was adopted with very little limitation by Sir Charles I.yell, and the...
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The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 9

1876 - 802 pages
...and the past, we discover no mark either of the commencement or the termination of the present order. The author of Nature has not given laws to the universe,...themselves the elements of their own destruction." This was a bold assertion : it was adopted with very little limitation by Sir Charles Lyell and the...
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