 | 1857 - Liczba stron: 976
...are in the habit of measuring the greatness and the wisdom of the universe by the duration and the profit which it promises to their own race ; but the...vessel, a Roman sword awakes in us the conception of grey antiquity. What the museums of Europe show us of the remains of Egypt and Assyria we gaze upon... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1863 - Liczba stron: 500
...of measuring the greatness of the universe, and the wisdom displayed in it, by the duration and the profit which it promises to their own race ; but the past history of the earth shows the insignificance of the interval, during which man has had his dwelling here. What the museums... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1863 - Liczba stron: 538
...of measuring the greatness of the universe, and the wisdom displayed in it, by the duration and the profit which it promises to their own race ; but the past history of the earth shows the insignificance of the interval, during which man has had his dwelling here. What the museums... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1864 - Liczba stron: 554
...are apt to measure the greatness of the universe, and the wisdom displayed in it, by the duration and profit which it promises to their own race; but the past history of the earth shows the insignificance of the interval during which man has had hi.s dwelling here. What the museums... | |
 | Edward Livingston Youmans, William Robert Grove - 1865 - Liczba stron: 500
...are in the habit of measuring the greatness and the wisdom of the universe by the duration and the profit which it promises to their own race ; but the...vessel, a Roman sword awakes in us the conception of grey antiquity. What the museums of Europe show us o 246 INTERACTION' OF NATURAL FORCES. the remains... | |
 | Edward Livingston Youmans - 1865 - Liczba stron: 490
...are in the habit of measuring the greatness and the wisdom of the universe by the duration and the profit which it promises to their own race ; but the...our race upon it constitutes. A Nineveh vessel, a Eoman sword awakes in us the conception of grey antiquity. What the museums of Europe show us o the... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1866 - Liczba stron: 492
...of measuring the greatness of the universe, and the wisdom displayed in it, by the duration and the profit which it promises to their own race ; but the past history of the earth shows the insignificance of the interval, during which man has had his dwelling here. What the museums... | |
 | William James Rolfe - 1868 - Liczba stron: 328
...history of the earth shows the insignificance of the interval during which man has had his dwelling here. What the museums of Europe show us of the remains of Egypt and Assyria we gaze upon with silent wonder, in despair of being able to carry back our thoughts to a period so remote. Still, the human... | |
 | William James Rolfe, Joseph Anthony Gillet - 1868 - Liczba stron: 554
...history of the earth shows the insignificance of the interval during which man has had his dwelling here. What the museums of Europe show us of the remains of Egypt and Assyria we gaze upon with silent wonder, in despair of being able to carry back our thoughts to a period so remote. Still, the human... | |
 | John Timbs - 1869 - Liczba stron: 280
...are in the habit of measuring the greatness and the wisdom of the universe by the duration and the profit which it promises to their own race ; but the...conception of gray antiquity. What the museums of Europe shew us of the remains of Egypt and Assyria we gaze upon with silent astonishment, and despair of being... | |
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... exhausted. Shall we terrify ourselves by this thought? Men are in the habit of measuring the greatness and the wisdom of the universe by the duration and the profit which it promises to their own race; but the past history of the earth already shows... 
