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... storms , by an application of scientific principles al- ready well ascertained . Analytical research and synthetic knowledge , super- seding the present almost universal ignorance of geog- raphy , meteorology , and the subtiler sciences ...
... storms , by an application of scientific principles al- ready well ascertained . Analytical research and synthetic knowledge , super- seding the present almost universal ignorance of geog- raphy , meteorology , and the subtiler sciences ...
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... storms of rain , etc. , causing often great calamities to befall man from an excess of water and wind , in some localities and seasons , while , in others , the people , and flocks , and vege tation are suffering from an absence or ...
... storms of rain , etc. , causing often great calamities to befall man from an excess of water and wind , in some localities and seasons , while , in others , the people , and flocks , and vege tation are suffering from an absence or ...
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... storms ; but , notwithstanding this , his philosophy is generally received among many of the scientific as ... storm of rain or snow . Having brought the subject to this point , indicating the difficulties which the commonly received ...
... storms ; but , notwithstanding this , his philosophy is generally received among many of the scientific as ... storm of rain or snow . Having brought the subject to this point , indicating the difficulties which the commonly received ...
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... storms at the wrong time , etc .; and man- kind , too , all disunited and diseased ! How is this to be explained ? Are these things " good " and right ? " Has man abused the freedom of the will , and THE PHILOSOPHY OF PRODUCING RAIN . 55.
... storms at the wrong time , etc .; and man- kind , too , all disunited and diseased ! How is this to be explained ? Are these things " good " and right ? " Has man abused the freedom of the will , and THE PHILOSOPHY OF PRODUCING RAIN . 55.
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... storms , to the descent of gentle showers , to the rushing destructive tornado , and to every other phenomenon of all seasons and countries on the globe . In this connection , I will state another immutable law characterizing the ...
... storms , to the descent of gentle showers , to the rushing destructive tornado , and to every other phenomenon of all seasons and countries on the globe . In this connection , I will state another immutable law characterizing the ...
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Page 119 - A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do.
Page 153 - There is a spirit which I feel, that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things, in hope to enjoy its own in the end : its hope is to outlive all wrath and contention, and to weary out all exaltation and cruelty, or whatever is of a nature contrary to itself.
Page 59 - And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; 37 And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
Page 119 - The other terror that scares us from self-trust is our consistency; a reverence for our past act or word because the eyes of others have no other data for computing our orbit than our past acts, and we are loath to disappoint them.
Page 59 - Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. But there the glorious Lord will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no 'galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby.
Page 119 - But why should you keep your head over your shoulder ? Why drag about this corpse of your memory, lest you contradict somewhat you have stated in this or that public place ? Suppose you should contradict yourself ; what then...
Page 59 - Behold, I will do a new thing ; now it shall spring forth ; shall ye not know it ? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
Page 59 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 23 - Have not the cotter's children as keen a sense of all the freshness, verdure, fragrance, melody, and beauty of luxuriant nature as the pale sons of kings ? Or is it on the mind that God has stamped the imprint of a baser birth so that the poor man's child knows with an inborn certainty that his lot is to crawl, not climb ? It is not so.
Page 119 - In your metaphysics you have denied personality to the Deity; yet when the devout motions of the soul come, yield to them heart and life, though they should clothe God with shape and colour. Leave your theory, as Joseph his coat in the hand of the harlot, and flee.