 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1864 - 554 Seiten
...in physical science the laws of natural phenomena are educed by observation, and that which will be can be predicted from what has been. " Whether the...hundred," said the lecturer in his peroration : " be the elose of the mortal history of humanity as far distant in the future as its shadowy beginnings seem... | |
 | 1865 - 388 Seiten
...in physical science the laws of natural phenomena are educed by observation, and that which will be, can be predicted from what has been. "Whether the...to lie behind us — this only we may foretell with confidence, — that the riddle of man's nature will remain unsolved. There will be that in him yet... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1866 - 730 Seiten
...ether a gas, and God will be a force." But whether the end be seventy years hence, or seven hundred — be the close of the mortal history of humanity as...to lie behind us — this only we may foretell with confidence, — that the riddle of man's nature will remain unsolved. There will be that in him yet... | |
 | James Anthony Froude - 1873 - 686 Seiten
...commentary on Lichtenberg's prophecy. But whether the end be seventy years hence, or seven hundred—be the close of the mortal history of humanity as far...future as its shadowy beginnings seem now to lie behind us—this only we may foretell with confidence—that the riddle of man's nature will remain unsolved.... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1875 - 486 Seiten
...strange things out of themselves ; but whether the end be seventy years hence, or seven hundred— be the close of the mortal history of humanity as...to lie behind us — this only we may foretell with confidence — that the riddle of man's nature will remain unsolved. There will be that in him yet... | |
 | James Madison Watson - 1876 - 484 Seiten
...strange things out of themselves ; but whether the end be seventy years hence, or seven hundred — be the close of the mortal history of humanity as...to lie behind us — this only we may foretell with confidence — that the riddle of man's nature will remain unsolved. There will be that in him yet... | |
 | Prose masterpieces - 1884 - 350 Seiten
...commentary on Lichtenberg's prophecy. But whether the end be seventy years hence, or seven hundred, — be the close of the mortal history of humanity as...lie behind us, — this only we may foretell with confidence, — that the riddle of man's nature will remain unsolved. There will be that in him yet... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1882 - 1134 Seiten
...to our sky who teach: •Whether the end be seventy year* hence, or seven hundred,— be the clow- to know when it ought to be resisted, and when to be obeyed.' Med confidence, — that the riddle of man's nature will remain unsolved. There will be that in him yet... | |
 | George Haven Putnam - 1885 - 480 Seiten
...commentary on Lichtenberg's prophecy. But whether the end be seventy years hence, or seven hundred, — be the close of the mortal history of humanity as...future as its shadowy beginnings seem now to lie behind us,—this only we may foretell with confidence, — that the riddle of man's nature will remain unsolved.... | |
 | David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler - 1900 - 460 Seiten
...commentary on Lichtenberg's prophecy. But whether the end be seventy years hence, or seven hundred, — be the close of the mortal history of humanity as...lie behind us, — this only we may foretell with confidence, — that the riddle of man's nature will remain unsolved. There will be that in him yet... | |
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But whether the end be seventy years hence, or seven hundred — be the close of the mortal history of humanity as far distant in the future as its shadowy beginnings seem now to lie behind us — this only we may foretell with confidence — that the... 
