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... higher service than any which in that simple character and office was rendered by him . There was nothing in him of the spirit and temper of the sec- tarian . He breathed too broad an atmosphere to live and move within such narrow ...
... higher service than any which in that simple character and office was rendered by him . There was nothing in him of the spirit and temper of the sec- tarian . He breathed too broad an atmosphere to live and move within such narrow ...
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... higher now than it was twenty - five years ago , we have Mr. Miller in large degree to thank for it ; and to him , too , is to be traced that purer style and more philosophic spirit which begins to be discern- ible in the columns of our ...
... higher now than it was twenty - five years ago , we have Mr. Miller in large degree to thank for it ; and to him , too , is to be traced that purer style and more philosophic spirit which begins to be discern- ible in the columns of our ...
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... higher privilege , his death must have caused the most poignant regret . Yet what can even their sorrow be to that of the relatives of the departed ? We lament the death of one who was alike an honor to his profession , to literature ...
... higher privilege , his death must have caused the most poignant regret . Yet what can even their sorrow be to that of the relatives of the departed ? We lament the death of one who was alike an honor to his profession , to literature ...
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... and radiata ; and the vertebrates , of four great classes , -the mammals , he birds , the reptiles , and the fishes . From the lowest zone at which organic remains occur , up till the higher beds of the 41 THE PALEONTOLOGICAL.
... and radiata ; and the vertebrates , of four great classes , -the mammals , he birds , the reptiles , and the fishes . From the lowest zone at which organic remains occur , up till the higher beds of the 41 THE PALEONTOLOGICAL.
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... higher or lower in the scale , at least two of these * The horizontal lines of the diagram here indicate , as in Fig . 1 , the divisions of the several geologic systems ; the vertical lines represent the divisions , the mollusca and ...
... higher or lower in the scale , at least two of these * The horizontal lines of the diagram here indicate , as in Fig . 1 , the divisions of the several geologic systems ; the vertical lines represent the divisions , the mollusca and ...
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Strona 229 - Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written; Which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
Strona 37 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Strona 138 - So careful of the type?' but no. From scarped cliff and quarried stone She cries, 'A thousand types are gone: I care for nothing, all shall go. Thou makest thine appeal to me: I bring to life, I bring to death: The spirit does but mean the breath: I know no more.
Strona 233 - These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens...
Strona 262 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Strona 225 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing ? And one of them shall not fall to the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore ; ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Strona 138 - Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life...
Strona 198 - said God ; and forthwith Light Ethereal, first of things, quintessence pure, Sprung from the Deep, and from her native East To journey through the aery gloom began, Sphered in a radiant cloud — for yet the Sun Was not; she in a cloudy tabernacle Sojourned the while.
Strona 210 - Sing heavenly Muse, that on the secret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didst inspire That shepherd, who first taught the chosen seed, In the beginning how the heavens and earth Rose out of chaos...