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" Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, That abundance of waters may cover thee? Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, And say unto thee, Here we are? "
The Cornhill Magazine - Page 202
edited by - 1904
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Historical Sketch of the Electric Telegraph: Including Its Rise and Progress ...

Alexander Jones - 1852 - 218 pages
...of man's power over matter, of his elevation of intellect and higher civilization. "CANST THOU SEND LIGHTNINGS, THAT THEY MAY GO, AND SAY UNTO THEE, HERE WE ARE?" — Job. CHAPTER XX. CHARGES FOR TELEGRAPH DISPATCHES. LIST OP OFFICES AND TARIFF. Ten wordfl. Each...
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The domestic commentary on the Old (New) Testament, by a clergyman of the ...

Robert Shittler - 1853 - 588 pages
...thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee ? 35 Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, "Here we are? 36 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts ? or who hath given understanding to the heart? 37 Who can...
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Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review, Volume 29

1853 - 790 pages
...appear like the edges of paradisiacal gardens. Shall the question now be asked: "Canst thou send the lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?" The lightnings are literally chained and at the service of man. It would now be no surprising feat...
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De Bow's Review, Volume 15

James Dunwoody Brownson De Bow, R. G. Barnwell, Edwin Bell, William MacCreary Burwell - 1853 - 694 pages
...Deity but an attribute witnin the province of mortal triumphs and mortal genius. " Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, ' Here we are ?' " That restless and ambitious thing, the human mind, undeterred by the subtlety of divine themes,...
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National education in Europe, Part 1

Henry Barnard - 1854 - 908 pages
...Canst thou lift up thy vo ce to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee T Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee. Here we are 1 Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts! or who hath given understanding to the heart 7 Who can number...
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Shaffner's Telegraph Companion, Volumes 1-2

1854 - 750 pages
...— TELESCOPES — CANNON REPORTS — ROCKETS — ELECTRIC — ELECTRO-MAGNETIC. " Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, ' Here we are?"— Scripture. IT is even so. The inquiry has been answered in one grand and magnificent sense. The querist...
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The Museum of Science and Art, Volume 3

Dionysius Lardner - 1854 - 246 pages
...an answer ! Might he not exclaim after the inspired author of the book of Job:— " Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are" ! ! xxxviii., 35. But, suppose that his foresight should further enable Mm to pronounce that means...
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A Voice to America: Or, The Model Republic, Its Glory, Or Its Fall: with a ...

Frederick Saunders, Thomas Bangs Thorpe - 1855 - 436 pages
...the same emotion. We comprehend now the answer to the sublime question put to Job : " Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, ' Here we are !' " And we feel that this is all but an experiment as yet, and so toil earnestly on after new victories,...
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Willis's Current Notes: A Series of Articles on Antiquities, Biography ...

George Willis - 1855 - 112 pages
...telegraph not a new idea ; there is also a curious foreshadowing of it in Job xxxviii. 35, "Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and say unto thee, Here we are?" WWB The Third Volume of Willis's Current Notes, is now published, price THREE SHILLINGS, in eloth boards....
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 9; Volume 101

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1855 - 922 pages
...Appropriately does Dr. Lardner quote the singularly beautiful words of Job — ' Canst thou send the lightnings that they may go and say unto Thee, Here we are !' Job xxxviii. 35. The Electric Telegraph Company alone have now organized communications over 4625...
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