The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, Volume 2Applegate, 1855 - 744 pages |
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Page 11
... period of more than 5800 years , the greater part of the human race have been left solely to the guidance of their rational powers , in order to grope their way to the Temple of Knowledge , and the Portals of Immortality ; but what has ...
... period of more than 5800 years , the greater part of the human race have been left solely to the guidance of their rational powers , in order to grope their way to the Temple of Knowledge , and the Portals of Immortality ; but what has ...
Page 72
... period when an elevated continent , occupying the basin of the Baltic , con- nected Saxony and Norway . " " " The production of a bed for vegetation is effec- ted by the decomposition of rocks . This decom- position is effected by the ...
... period when an elevated continent , occupying the basin of the Baltic , con- nected Saxony and Norway . " " " The production of a bed for vegetation is effec- ted by the decomposition of rocks . This decom- position is effected by the ...
Page 74
... periods of time " - " a duration to system of the material universe was brought into which we dare not assign a boundary " - " unde - existence within the period of 6000 years from fined ages " - " a long succession of monuments , the ...
... periods of time " - " a duration to system of the material universe was brought into which we dare not assign a boundary " - " unde - existence within the period of 6000 years from fined ages " - " a long succession of monuments , the ...
Page 75
... period is here stated . material world was created out of nothing , within Had Moses expressly told his readers that this pe- 1650 years of the period of the deluge , or about riod , when the first materials of creation were 6000 years ...
... period is here stated . material world was created out of nothing , within Had Moses expressly told his readers that this pe- 1650 years of the period of the deluge , or about riod , when the first materials of creation were 6000 years ...
Page 76
... period when man was first placed upon the globe , is but one of the units of a vast series of chrono- logical periods which have gone before , and which stretch backward into the abyss of immeasurable duration . It is but a single link ...
... period when man was first placed upon the globe , is but one of the units of a vast series of chrono- logical periods which have gone before , and which stretch backward into the abyss of immeasurable duration . It is but a single link ...
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