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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... "
The human mind, a discourse on its acquirements and history - Page 178
by Stephen Watson Fullom - 1858
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Ideals of Life, Or, Wisdom of the Ages: A Series of Wholesome, Practical ...

Osgood Eaton Fuller - 1881 - 658 pages
...the elements of their own destruction. He has not permitted in His works any symptom of infancy or old age, or any sign by which we may estimate either their future or their past duration. He may put an end, as He no doubt gave a beginning, to the present system at some determinate...
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Heroes of Science: Botanists, Zoologists, and Geologists

Peter Martin Duncan - 1882 - 388 pages
...which, like the constitutions of men, carry in themselves the elements of their own destruction. He has not permitted in his works any symptom of infancy...we may estimate either their future or their past duration. He may put an end, as He no doubt gave a beginning, to the present system at some determinate...
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Popular Lectures and Addresses: Geology and general physics

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...we may " estimate either their future or their past duration. " He may put an end, as He, no doubt, gave a " beginning to the present system, at some "...
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Popular Lectures and Addresses, Volume 1

William Thomson Baron Kelvin - 1894 - 636 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 may " estimate cither their future or their past duration. " He may put an end, as He, no doubt, gave a " beginning...
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The Library of Original Sources: Advance in knowledge, 1650-1800

Oliver Joseph Thatcher - 1907 - 484 pages
...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...we may estimate either their future or their past duration. He may put an end, as he no doubt gave a beginning, to the present system, at some determinate...
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The Geology and Scenery of the Grampians and the Valley of Strathmore, Volume 1

Peter Macnair - 1908 - 350 pages
...the universe which, like the institutions of men, carry in themselves the elements of destruction. He has not permitted in His works any symptom of infancy...we may estimate either their future or their past duration. He may put an end, as He no doubt gave a beginning, to the present system, at some determinate...
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The Life of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs, Volume 1

Silvanus Phillips Thompson - 1910 - 642 pages
...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...we may estimate either their future or their past duration. He may put an end, as He, no doubt, gave a beginning to the present system, at some determinate...
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The Life of William Thomson, Baron Kelvin of Largs, Volume 1

Silvanus Phillips Thompson - 1910 - 642 pages
...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...we may estimate either their future or their past duration. He may put an end, as He, no doubt, gave a beginning to the present system, at some determinate...
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Freedom of the Mind in History

Henry Osborn Taylor - 1923 - 324 pages
...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...we may estimate either their future or their past duration. He may put an end, as He no doubt gave a beginning, to the present system, at some determinate...
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Energy and Empire: A Biographical Study of Lord Kelvin

Crosbie Smith, M. Norton Wise - 1989 - 906 pages
...in 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 may estimate either their future or their past duration." Implicitly, then, if the institutions of men were reformed to reflect natural laws, social...
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