 | 1827 - 698 pages
...philosophy, can have a just idea of the great things for which Providence has fitted his understanding, the extraordinary disproportion which there is between...strength and the powers of his mind, and the force which he derives from those powers. When we survey the marvellous truths of Astronomy, we are first... | |
 | Great Britain - 1826 - 1138 pages
...his mind, and the force which he derives from those powers. When we survey the marvellous truths o/ Astronomy, we are first of all lost in the feeling...immense space, and of the comparative insignificance of tins globe and its inhabitants. But there soon arises a sense of gratification and of new wonder at... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1826 - 600 pages
...philosophy, can have a just idea of the great things for which Providence has fitted his understanding, the extraordinary disproportion which there is between...strength and the powers of his mind, and the force which he derives from those powers. When we survey the marvellous truths of Astronomy, we are first... | |
 | Henry Peter Brougham (1st baron Brougham and Vaux.) - 1827 - 68 pages
...philosophy, can have a just idea of the great things for which Providence has fitted hrs understanding, the extraordinary disproportion which there is between...strength and the powers of his mind, and the force which he derives from those powers. When we survey the marvellous truths of Astronomy, we are first... | |
 | Physics - 1829 - 522 pages
...can have a just idea of the great things for which Providence lias fitted his understanding — the extraordinary disproportion which there is between...Astronomy, we are first of all lost in the feeling oí immense space, and of the comparative insignificance of this globe and its inhabitants. But there... | |
 | 1829 - 838 pages
...the great things for which Providence lias fitted his understanding; the extraordinary disproportion there is between his natural strength, and the powers of his mind, and the force which he derives from these powers." It is an absence of this tact for philosophical researches into... | |
 | William Russell - Education - 1828 - 910 pages
...and tho force which he derives from these powers. When we survey tho marvellous truths of Astrouomy, we are first of all lost in the feeling of immense...at perceiving how so insignificant a creature has 42 SELF IMPROVEMENT FOR ADULTS. been able to reach such a knowledge of the unbounded system of the... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1830 - 464 pages
...tbe groat things for which Providence has fitted his understanding, the extraordinary disproportion there is between his natural strength and the powers of his mind, and the force which he derives from these powers." — MB. BROUGHAM. ELLIOTT'S DOUBLE-ACTING ROTARY AIR-PUMP. TOI/.... | |
 | Science - 1831 - 336 pages
...philosophy, can have a just idea of the great things for which Providence has fitted his understanding, the extraordinary disproportion which there is between...strength and the powers of his mind, and the force which he derives from those powers. When we survey the marvellous truths of Astronomy, we are first... | |
 | Science - 1831 - 336 pages
...philosophy, can have a just idea of the great things for which Providence has fitted his understanding, the extraordinary disproportion which there is between...strength and the powers of his mind, and the force which he derives from those powers. When we survey the marvellous truths of Astronomy, we are first... | |
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One of the most delightful treats which science affords us is the knowledge of the extraordinary powers with which the human mind is endowed. No man, until he has studied philosophy, can have a just idea of the great things for which Providence has fitted... 
