 | Thomas Ragg - 1877 - 468 pages
...at in this light, the universe is a system that had a beginning and must have an end, for a process of degradation cannot be eternal. If we could view...having been always in existence ; but if we regard it as a candle that has been lit we become absolutely certain that it cannot have been burning from eternity,... | |
 | Borden Parker Bowne - Theism - 1879 - 474 pages
...beginning, and must have an end, for a process of degradation cannot be eternal. If we could regard the universe as a candle not lit, then it is, perhaps, conceivable to regard it as having always been in existence; but if we regard it rather as a candle that has been lit, we become absolutely... | |
 | Borden Parker Bowne - Theism - 1879 - 464 pages
...beginning, and must have an end, for a process of degradation cannot be eternal. If we could regard the universe as a candle not lit, then it is, perhaps, conceivable to regard it as having always been in existence; but if we regard it rather as a candle that has been lit, we become absolutely... | |
 | Great Britain - 1882 - 1038 pages
...system that had a beginning and must have an end ; for a process of degradation cannot be eternal It* we could view the universe as a candle not lit, then...conceivable to regard it as having been always in existence ; bat if we regard it rather as .1 candle that has been li;. we become absolutely certain that i: cancel... | |
 | John Ruskin - Clouds - 1884 - 182 pages
...at in this light, the universe is a system that had a beginning and must have an end, for a process of degradation cannot be eternal. If we could view...not lit, then it is perhaps conceivable to regard * 'The Conservation of Energy.' King and Co., 1873. it as having been always in existence ; but if... | |
 | Boilers - 1889 - 208 pages
...a beginning and must have an end : for a process of degradation cannot be eternal. If we could yiew the universe as a candle not lit, then it is perhaps...regard it as having been always in existence: but if regard it rather as a caudle that has been lit. we become absolutely certain that it cannot have been... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer - English literature - 1902 - 452 pages
...at in this light, the universe is a system that had a beginning and must have an end; for a process of degradation cannot be eternal. If we could view...always in existence; but if we regard it rather as & candle that has been lit, we become absolutely certain that it cannot have been burning from eternity,... | |
 | John Ruskin - 1908 - 842 pages
...at hi this light, the universe is a system that had a beginning and must have an end, for a process of degradation cannot be eternal. If we could view the Universe as a caudle not lit, then it is perhaps conceivable to regard it as having been always in existence; but... | |
 | John Masson - Atomism - 1907 - 514 pages
...a certain condition, shows us that there must be constantly going on a Dissipation of Energy. So ' if we could view the Universe as a candle not lit,...it rather as a candle that has been lit, we become abso1 ' Blows from without cannot hold together all the sum ' (ie, this world), though ' they can frequently... | |
 | John Masson - Atomism - 1907 - 498 pages
...a certain condition, shows us that there must be constantly going on a Dissipation of Energy. So ' if we could view the Universe as a candle not lit,...it rather as a candle that has been lit, we become abso1 ' Blows from without cannot hold together all the sum ' (ie, this world), though ' they can frequently... | |
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Now, it has been well pointed out by Thomson, that, looked at in this light, the universe is a system that had a beginning and must have an end; for a process of degradation cannot be eternal. If we could view the universe as a candle not lit, then it... 
