 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.  An Epitome of the Synthetic Philosophy - Page 512by Frederick Howard Collins - 1889 - 18 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1897 - 510 pages
...followed in quick succession till— perhaps most nimble of all—Herbert Spencer's profound dictum: " Amid the mysteries which become the more mysterious...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 yet this... | |
 | Alford Brown Penniman - 1898 - 310 pages
...skeptical science, it would be well to recall the following words of the truly great Herbert Spencer; " Amid the mysteries which become the more mysterious...more they are thought about, there will remain the absolute certainty that we are ever in the presence of an infinite and eternal energy from Whom all... | |
 | 1898 - 532 pages
...existence of a first cause of the universe is a necessity of thought. . . . Amid the mysteries which become more mysterious the more they are thought about, there will remain the one absolute certainty that we are ever in the presence of an Infinite, Eternal Energy from which all things proceed." That which... | |
 | 1899 - 998 pages
...Trinity." Mr. Spencer has given us a conception of the Infinite in terms borrowed from physical science : " Amid the mysteries which become the more mysterious...there will remain the one absolute certainty, that he (man) is ever in presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed." Popularly... | |
 | Algernon Sidney Crapsey - 1899 - 378 pages
...on " Religion. A Retrospect and a Prospect." At the close of that article, this thinker says : " But amid the mysteries, which become the more mysterious,...there will remain the one absolute certainty that he (man) is ever in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed."* We... | |
 | 1900 - 826 pages
...axioms. Professor Huxley gives poetic expression to the first of these great truths when he says that, "amid the mysteries which become the more mysterious...there will remain the one absolute certainty, that man is ever in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed;'' or,... | |
 | John Vyrnwy Morgan - 1900 - 602 pages
...and clearer — the truth that there is an Inscrutable Existence everywhere manifested. * * * Amid mysteries which become the more mysterious the more...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." (Principles... | |
 | Francis Greenwood Peabody - 1900 - 396 pages
...definite cognition — deep as the very nature of mind, is the postulate at which we have arrived." "Amid the mysteries which become the more mysterious the more they are thought about, remains the one absolute certainty that he is ever in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy... | |
 | Frederick Howard Collins - 1901 - 718 pages
...there leaves us in presence of the avowedly inexplicable. One truth must grow ever clearer — the truth that there is an Inscrutable Existence everywhere...there will remain the one absolute certainty, that ho is ever in presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy, from which all things proceed. \ CHAPTER... | |
 | Chauncey Bunce Brewster - 1901 - 312 pages
...showing itself, like old Proteus, in manifold guise. Memorable are the words of Mr. Herbert Spencer: " Amid the mysteries which become the more mysterious...remain the one absolute certainty that he is ever in the presence of an Infinite and Eternal Energy from which all things proceed."1 This omnipresent energy,... | |
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