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A slight change in the axis of the Earth would be altogether adequate for such an effect . It is to the diurnal revolution of the Earth round its axis , that we owe the deviation of its figure from a perfect sphere .
A slight change in the axis of the Earth would be altogether adequate for such an effect . It is to the diurnal revolution of the Earth round its axis , that we owe the deviation of its figure from a perfect sphere .
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“ And God said , Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life , and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven . And God created great whales , and every living creature that moveth ...
“ And God said , Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life , and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven . And God created great whales , and every living creature that moveth ...
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Rosenmuller again , the German commentator and critic , conceives a previous earth , or a first production and a subsequent renovation . The chief difficulty in the way of this supposition is the work of the fourth day , of which by our ...
Rosenmuller again , the German commentator and critic , conceives a previous earth , or a first production and a subsequent renovation . The chief difficulty in the way of this supposition is the work of the fourth day , of which by our ...
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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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