In my opinion, profound minds are the most likely to think lightly of the resources of human reason; and it is the pert superficial thinker who is generally strongest in every kind of unbelief. The deep philosopher sees chains of causes and effects so... Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development - Page viiiby Henry George Atkinson, Harriet Martineau - 1851 - 390 pagesFull view - About this book
| Richard Polwhele - 1831 - 556 pages
...reason ; and it is the pert, superficial thinker who is generally strongest in every kind of unbelief. The deep philosopher sees chains of causes and effects...miracles, as it were, have been brought to light, —such as the fall of stones from meteors in the atmosphere, the disarming a thunder cloud by a metallic... | |
| Richard Polwhele - Cornwall (England : County) - 1831 - 574 pages
...strangely linked together, thnt he in usually the lust person to decide upon tlic impossibility ol nil) two series of events being independent of each other...miracles, as it were, have been brought to light, -such as the fall of stones from meteors in the atmosphere, the disarming a thunder cloud by a metallic... | |
| Richard Polwhele - Cornwall (England : County) - 1831 - 560 pages
...reason ; and it is the pert, superlicial thinker who is generally strongest in every kind of unhelief. The deep philosopher sees chains of causes and effects so wonderfully and strangely linked together, th.it he is usually the last person to decide upon the impossibility of anv two series of events heing... | |
| Sir Humphry Davy - Fishes - 1832 - 338 pages
...human reason: it is the pert, superficial thinker who is generally strongest in every kind of unbelief. The deep philosopher sees chains of causes and effects...natural miracles, as it were, have been brought to light,—such as the fall of stones from meteors in the atmosphere, the disarming a thunder cloud by... | |
| Walter Scott - Novelists, English - 1848 - 418 pages
...reason ; and it is the pert, superficial thinker who is generally strongest in every kind of unbelief. The deep philosopher sees chains of causes and effects...in science, so many natural miracles, as it were, nave been brought to light,— such as the fall of stones from meteors in the atmosphere, the disarming... | |
| Baptists - 1834 - 680 pages
...superficial thinker who is generally slongest in every kind of unbelief. The deep philosopher sees changes of causes and effects so wonderfully and strangely...the impossibility of any two series of events being independant of each other ; and in science so many natural miracles, as it were, have been brought... | |
| Walter Scott - English literature - 1835 - 584 pages
...reason ; and it is the pert, superficial thinker who is generally strongest in every kind of unbelief. The deep philosopher sees chains of causes and effects...miracles, as it were, have been brought to light, — such as the fall of stones from meteors in the atmosphere, the disarming a thunder cloud by a metallic... | |
| Walter Scott - 1835 - 396 pages
...generally strongest in every kind of unbelief. The deep philosopher sees chains of causes and effects80 wonderfully and strangely linked together, that he...being independent of each other ; and, in science, &o> many natural miracles, as it were, have been brought to light,-— such as the fall of stones from... | |
| Sir Walter Scott - France - 1835 - 402 pages
...reason ; and it is the pert, superficial thinker who is generally strongest in every kind of unbelief. The deep philosopher sees chains of causes and effects...the last person to decide upon the impossibility of auy two series of events being independent of each other ; and, in science, so many natural miracles,... | |
| William Henry Furness - Bible - 1836 - 348 pages
...the creation of which all else was ordained, — " the Heir of all things." CHAPTER VIII. MIRACLES. " The deep philosopher sees chains of causes and effects...miracles, as it were, have been brought to light, — such as the fall of stones from meteora in the atmosphere, the disarming a thunderbolt by a metallic... | |
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