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... earth . We might find hundreds of such fairy tales in the domain of science , but these three will serve as ex- amples , and we must pass on to make the acquaint- ance of the science - fairies themselves , and see if they are as real as ...
... earth . We might find hundreds of such fairy tales in the domain of science , but these three will serve as ex- amples , and we must pass on to make the acquaint- ance of the science - fairies themselves , and see if they are as real as ...
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... earth , drop by drop , till they made a shower of * I am quite aware of the danger incurred by using this word “ force , ” especially in the plural ; and how even the most modest little book may suffer at the hands of scientific purists ...
... earth , drop by drop , till they made a shower of * I am quite aware of the danger incurred by using this word “ force , ” especially in the plural ; and how even the most modest little book may suffer at the hands of scientific purists ...
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... earth and the planets , and keeps them moving round him in regular order ? Well , it is this same gravitation which is at work also whenever a shower of rain falls to the earth . Who can say that he is not a great invisible giant ...
... earth and the planets , and keeps them moving round him in regular order ? Well , it is this same gravitation which is at work also whenever a shower of rain falls to the earth . Who can say that he is not a great invisible giant ...
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... earth , these little imprisoned sun- waves begin to be active , stirring up the matter in the bulb , and making it swell and burst upwards till it sends out a little shoot through the surface of the soil . Then the sun - waves above ...
... earth , these little imprisoned sun- waves begin to be active , stirring up the matter in the bulb , and making it swell and burst upwards till it sends out a little shoot through the surface of the soil . Then the sun - waves above ...
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... earth , in mines , and held fast there till some fairy wand has released them , and allowed them to come to earth again ? Well , thousands and millions of years ago , those coals were plants ; and , like the snowdrop in the garden of to ...
... earth , in mines , and held fast there till some fairy wand has released them , and allowed them to come to earth again ? Well , thousands and millions of years ago , those coals were plants ; and , like the snowdrop in the garden of to ...
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Page 152 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Page 192 - That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Page 5 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I; In a cowslip's bell I lie: There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly, After summer, merrily : Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
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