The Works of William Paley, D.D.: Natural theologyJoshua Belcher, 1810 |
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... seed contains a particular organiza- tion ? Whether a latent plantule with the means of tempo- rary nutrition , or whatever else it be , it incloses an organi- zation suited to the germination of a new plant . Has the plant which ...
... seed contains a particular organiza- tion ? Whether a latent plantule with the means of tempo- rary nutrition , or whatever else it be , it incloses an organi- zation suited to the germination of a new plant . Has the plant which ...
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... seed , no comprehension of the nature or use of what it produces ; the bird with respect to its egg is not above the plant with respect to its seed . Neither the one nor the other bears that sort of relation to what proceeds from them ...
... seed , no comprehension of the nature or use of what it produces ; the bird with respect to its egg is not above the plant with respect to its seed . Neither the one nor the other bears that sort of relation to what proceeds from them ...
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William Paley. semblance to the young plant , or even to the seed , which is formed by their intervention , than a chisel or a plane does to a table or a chair . What then are the filaments , anthe- ræ , and stigmata of plants , but ...
William Paley. semblance to the young plant , or even to the seed , which is formed by their intervention , than a chisel or a plane does to a table or a chair . What then are the filaments , anthe- ræ , and stigmata of plants , but ...
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... seeds ; but neither determination could take effect in providing for the sustenance of the birds , if animal bodies and vegetable seeds did not lie within their reach . The peculiar conformation of the bill , and tongue , and claws of ...
... seeds ; but neither determination could take effect in providing for the sustenance of the birds , if animal bodies and vegetable seeds did not lie within their reach . The peculiar conformation of the bill , and tongue , and claws of ...
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... seeds and fruits of the greatest number of plants : the roots and stalks and leaves of many , hard and tough as they are , yield to its powerful pervasion . The change wrought by it is different from any chymical solution which we can ...
... seeds and fruits of the greatest number of plants : the roots and stalks and leaves of many , hard and tough as they are , yield to its powerful pervasion . The change wrought by it is different from any chymical solution which we can ...
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Página 327 - PROPOSITION, and that which we have hitherto been defending, was, " that in a vast plurality of instances, in which contrivance is perceived, the design of the contrivance is beneficial." OUR SECOND PROPOSITION is, " that the Deity has added pleasure to animal sensations, beyond what was necessary for any other purpose, or when the purpose, so far as it was necessary, might have been effected by the operation of pain.
Página 43 - There is a lad here, which hath five barley- loaves and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
Página 318 - But if you had occasion to describe instruments of torture, or execution, — this engine, you would say, is to extend the sinews ; this to dislocate the joints; this to break the bones; this to scorch the soles of the feet. Here, pain and misery are the very objects of the contrivance. Now, nothing of this sort is to be found in the works of nature. We never discover a train of contrivance to bring about an evil purpose.
Página 311 - Swarms of new-born flies are trying their pinions in the air. Their sportive motions, their wanton mazes, their gratuitous activity, their continual change of place without use or purpose, testify their joy, and the exultation which they feel in their lately discovered faculties.
Página 312 - Walking by the sea-side, in a calm evening, upon a sandy shore, and with an ebbing tide, I have frequently remarked the appearance of a dark cloud, or, rather, very thick mist, hanging over the edge of the water, to the height, perhaps, of half a yard, and of the breadth of two or three yards, stretching along the coast as far as the eye could reach, and always retiring with the water. When this cloud came to be examined, it proved to be nothing else than so much space filled with young shrimps...
Página 110 - Let him study the Holy Scriptures, especially the New Testament. Therein are contained the words of eternal life. It has God for its Author ; salvation for its end ; and truth, without any mixture of error, for its matter.
Página 313 - Herein is the exact difference between the young and the old. The young are not happy, but when enjoying pleasure; the old are happy, when free from pain. And this constitution suits with the degrees of animal power which they respectively possess. The...
Página 318 - No anatomist ever discovered a system of organization calculated to produce pain and disease; or, in explaining the parts of the human body, ever said : This is to irritate, this to inflame ; this duct is to convey the gravel to the kidneys ; this gland to secrete the...
Página 16 - Nor is any thing gained by running the difficulty farther back, ie by supposing the watch before us to have been produced from another watch, that from a former, and so on >indefinitely. Our going back ever so far, brings us no nearer to the least degree of satisfaction upon the subject. Contrivance is still unaccounted for. We still want a contriver.
Página 10 - ... regulating that motion, as to terminate in causing an index, by an equable and measured progression, to pass over a given space in a given time. We take notice that the wheels are made of brass in order to keep them from rust ; the springs of steel, no other metal being so elastic ; that over the face of the watch there is placed a glass, a material employed in no other part of the work, but in the room of which, if there had been any other than a transparent substance, the hour could not be...