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... universe remained for untold ages in a state of perfect equilibrium . Then at some moment this was disturbed and the universe , toppling off its balance , gave rise to the uni- verse the astronomers tell us of and the little earth we ...
... universe remained for untold ages in a state of perfect equilibrium . Then at some moment this was disturbed and the universe , toppling off its balance , gave rise to the uni- verse the astronomers tell us of and the little earth we ...
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... universe other planets have had the pos- sibility of forming a suitable environment to that substance from which , we suppose , along the vast course of time the men we are have been gradually created . And if the astronomer tells us ...
... universe other planets have had the pos- sibility of forming a suitable environment to that substance from which , we suppose , along the vast course of time the men we are have been gradually created . And if the astronomer tells us ...
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... universe , with its innumera- ble stars and its spaces measured by thousands upon thousands of light - years , I am overwhelmed with awe , but my imagination cannot conceive a creator of it . I am willing enough to accept the existence ...
... universe , with its innumera- ble stars and its spaces measured by thousands upon thousands of light - years , I am overwhelmed with awe , but my imagination cannot conceive a creator of it . I am willing enough to accept the existence ...
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