Paradoxical philosophy : a sequel to the Unseen universe.

  • Balfour Stewart
Date:
1878
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Credit: Paradoxical philosophy : a sequel to the Unseen universe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    such as I and men of my standing (here the little atom tries to look big) may intellectually comprehend. Are the timbers thick enough, the bolts well riveted, and are there no sunken rocks in the way ? Have you a sufficient supply of coals, and, above all, is the engine well greased and free from priming ? Now what should you say to all this, Doctor ? I know what I should do—I should promptly pull the ears of the wretched little prig. You may perhaps think me irreverent, but I cannot refrain. The matter is one on which I feel very strongly. The Rev. Ralph Bemerton.—I quite agree with the views expressed so forcibly by my friend Mr. Holdfast, because, as you all know, I deprecate the artificial separation between the Natural and the Revealed. All is nature and all is revelation. For convenience sake, no doubt, we set apart a particular body of knowledge which refers to the ordinary pro- cesses going on around us, whether of matter or life, and call it science, so that the laws of
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