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The consequent is a mechanism adapted for the measurement of time . And its counterpart antecedent is an intelligent adaptation , putting forth his ability and skill on the production of a mechanism for the measurement of time .
The consequent is a mechanism adapted for the measurement of time . And its counterpart antecedent is an intelligent adaptation , putting forth his ability and skill on the production of a mechanism for the measurement of time .
Page 148
The truth is that it is not the particular end either of the one machine or the other , which leads to the inference of an intelligent maker - but the inference rests nakedly and essentially on this , that there is adaptation of parts ...
The truth is that it is not the particular end either of the one machine or the other , which leads to the inference of an intelligent maker - but the inference rests nakedly and essentially on this , that there is adaptation of parts ...
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The truth is that we every day of our lives , . and perhaps every hour of each day , witness the adaptation of means to an end , in connexion with design and a designer — though never perhaps to the end in any instance of hundreds of ...
The truth is that we every day of our lives , . and perhaps every hour of each day , witness the adaptation of means to an end , in connexion with design and a designer — though never perhaps to the end in any instance of hundreds of ...
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Contents
PRELIMINARY VIEWS | 17 |
Of the Metaphysics which have been resorted | 99 |
on the side of Theism | 121 |
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| Title | The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 1 The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Thomas Chalmers |
| Author | Thomas Chalmers |
| Publisher | W. Collins, 1836 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2019 |
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