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John Murray. the entire absence of any positive proof of what they assert ? At all events , there can be no presumption in asking that their facts and instances should be passed in careful review and scrutinised . The as- sumptions of ...
John Murray. the entire absence of any positive proof of what they assert ? At all events , there can be no presumption in asking that their facts and instances should be passed in careful review and scrutinised . The as- sumptions of ...
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... ASSERTED TO BE MADE BY IT ; ALSO DESTROYED BY IT - AMOUNT OF FAITH REQUIRED - GREAT RESULTS FROM INADEQUATE CAUSES - ANOTHER CAUSE SUGGESTED • PAGE 56 84 CHAPTER VIII . OF DENUDATION BY GLACIATION - EFFECTS OF A SUDDEN EMANCIPATION OF ...
... ASSERTED TO BE MADE BY IT ; ALSO DESTROYED BY IT - AMOUNT OF FAITH REQUIRED - GREAT RESULTS FROM INADEQUATE CAUSES - ANOTHER CAUSE SUGGESTED • PAGE 56 84 CHAPTER VIII . OF DENUDATION BY GLACIATION - EFFECTS OF A SUDDEN EMANCIPATION OF ...
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... the outset , it is necessary to protest against the insatiable demands of geologists for time , or rather against the substitution of time for proof of what they assert . They see in their visions CHAP . I. 3 LIBERTY OF DOUBTING .
... the outset , it is necessary to protest against the insatiable demands of geologists for time , or rather against the substitution of time for proof of what they assert . They see in their visions CHAP . I. 3 LIBERTY OF DOUBTING .
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John Murray. of what they assert . They see in their visions re- sults which do not follow their premises , but which they assure us will happen , or ought to happen , pro- vided we put off the fulfilment for “ an incalculable period of ...
John Murray. of what they assert . They see in their visions re- sults which do not follow their premises , but which they assure us will happen , or ought to happen , pro- vided we put off the fulfilment for “ an incalculable period of ...
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... assertions be true ? The principles of this school of science have been thus formally enunciated by their eminent leader : " The forces now operating upon earth are the same in kind and in degree as those which , in the remotest times ...
... assertions be true ? The principles of this school of science have been thus formally enunciated by their eminent leader : " The forces now operating upon earth are the same in kind and in degree as those which , in the remotest times ...
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