The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 1W. Collins, 1836 |
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Page 154
... formation of a watch , though it be a formation that we never witnessed . And the same of this world , though we never saw the formation of a world . Our present state gives us to see the posterior term— even all of creation that is ...
... formation of a watch , though it be a formation that we never witnessed . And the same of this world , though we never saw the formation of a world . Our present state gives us to see the posterior term— even all of creation that is ...
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... formation in the series of the world's changes . But it would appear from the observations of Cuvier and others that ... formations hath he ascertained the vestige of the human skele- ton - marking the recent origin of our own species ...
... formation in the series of the world's changes . But it would appear from the observations of Cuvier and others that ... formations hath he ascertained the vestige of the human skele- ton - marking the recent origin of our own species ...
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... formation of another distinct and enduring species in the animal kingdom . Let us combine these two doctrines ... formations no vestiges of our present genera are to be found ; and that under our present economy , or even in the more ...
... formation of another distinct and enduring species in the animal kingdom . Let us combine these two doctrines ... formations no vestiges of our present genera are to be found ; and that under our present economy , or even in the more ...
Contents
PRELIMINARY VIEWS | 17 |
Of the Metaphysics which have been resorted | 99 |
MR HUMES OBJECTION TO THE A POSTERIORI | 121 |
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