The Harmonies of Nature; Or, The Unity of CreationLongmans, Green, and Company, 1866 - 406 páginas |
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... equally magnificent at the equator and at the poles , and wherever man exists their splendour is open to his gaze . But how many centuries may have elapsed before he first raised himself from the admiring contemplation of this august ...
... equally magnificent at the equator and at the poles , and wherever man exists their splendour is open to his gaze . But how many centuries may have elapsed before he first raised himself from the admiring contemplation of this august ...
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... equally long periods of an African drought were to follow in our country , how would then our fields and meadows be able to sustain so many millions of men and of domestic animals ? Our whole agricultural system , the whole organic life ...
... equally long periods of an African drought were to follow in our country , how would then our fields and meadows be able to sustain so many millions of men and of domestic animals ? Our whole agricultural system , the whole organic life ...
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... equally convince us of the intimate harmony between its structure and the wants of man . Com- posed of a wonderful variety of earths and ores , it contains in inexhaustible abundance all the substances he requires for the attainment of ...
... equally convince us of the intimate harmony between its structure and the wants of man . Com- posed of a wonderful variety of earths and ores , it contains in inexhaustible abundance all the substances he requires for the attainment of ...
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... equally infinite variations of climate and soil ; but even the last doubts as to the funda- mental unity of the countless members of the vegetable king- dom must disappear when we come to examine their internal structure . For , armed ...
... equally infinite variations of climate and soil ; but even the last doubts as to the funda- mental unity of the countless members of the vegetable king- dom must disappear when we come to examine their internal structure . For , armed ...
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... equally productive according to its size , we can easily understand how these microscopical germs frequently float in the air in countless myriads , until the casualties of wind and weather again precipitate them upon the earth . The ...
... equally productive according to its size , we can easily understand how these microscopical germs frequently float in the air in countless myriads , until the casualties of wind and weather again precipitate them upon the earth . The ...
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