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" ... and habits of prior races of beings. The disposition of the seas, continents, and islands, and the climates, have varied ; the species likewise have been changed ; and yet they have all been so modelled, on types analogous to those of existing plants... "
Principles of Geology: Being an Inquiry how for the Former Changes of the ... - Page 304
by Sir Charles Lyell - 1835
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Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle, Volume 17

Missions - 1839 - 702 pages
...or space, we discover every where the clear proofs of a Creative IntMigrtice, and of His loresight, wisdom, and power. " As Geologists, we learn that...not only the present condition of the globe which hag been suited to the accommodation of myriads of living creatures, but that many former states also...
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The New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal

English literature - 1834 - 580 pages
...wisdom, and power. " As geologists, we learn that it is not only the present condition of the globe that has been suited to the accommodation of myriads of...creatures, but that many former states also have been equally adapted to the organization and habits of prior races of beings. The disposition of the seas,...
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Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former ..., Volume 3

Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1833 - 562 pages
...wisdom, and power. As geologists, we learn that it is not only the present condition of the globe that has been suited to the accommodation of myriads of...creatures, but that many former states also have been equally adapted to the organization and habits of prior races of beings. The disposition of the seas,...
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Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former ..., Volume 3

Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1833 - 570 pages
...wisdom, and power. As geologists, we learn that it is not only the present condition of the globe that has been suited to the accommodation of myriads of...creatures, but that many former states also have been equally adapted to the organization and habits of prior races of beings. The disposition of the seas,...
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Principles of Geology: Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its ..., Volume 2

Sir Charles Lyell - Geology - 1868 - 692 pages
...But in whatever direction we pursue our researches, whether in time or space, we discover everywhere the clear proofs of a Creative Intelligence, and of...that many former states also have been adapted to the organisation and habits of prior races of beings. The disposition of the seas, continents, and islands,...
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Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews

Thomas Henry Huxley - Evolution (Biology) - 1870 - 448 pages
...time, the intensity of volcanic heat being neither greater nor less 'than it is now." 1 And again, "As geologists, we learn that it is not only the present...that many former states also have been adapted to the i Principles of Geology, vol. ii. p. 211. organization and habits of prior races of beings. The disposition...
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Views of the Deity, Traditional and Scientific: A Contribution to the Study ...

James Samuelson - God - 1871 - 252 pages
...the sea level. One of our most eminent geologists has said concerning these terrestrial changes : " As geologists, we learn that it is not only the present...many• former states also have been adapted to the organisation, and habits of prior races of beings. The disposition of seas, continents, and islands,...
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Principles of Geology, Or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and Its ..., Volume 2

Sir Charles Lyell - Evolution - 1874 - 692 pages
...But in whatever direction we pursue our researches, whether in time or space, we discover everywhere the clear proofs of a Creative Intelligence, and of...not only the present condition of the globe which is suited to the accommodation of myriads of living creatures, but that many former states also were...
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The Canadian Naturalist and Quarterly Journal of Science: With ..., Volume 8

Geology - 1878 - 540 pages
...and power. As geologists, we learn that it in not merely the present condition of the globe which is suited to the accommodation of myriads of living creatures, but that many former states also were adapted to the organization and habits of prior races of being. The disposition of the seas, continents...
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Natural Religion. From the "Apologie Des Christenthums"

Franz Hettinger - Apologetics - 1890 - 388 pages
...wisdom, and power. As geologists, we learn that it is not only the present condition of the globe that is suited to the accommodation of myriads of living creatures, but that many former states also were adapted to the organisation and habits of former races of beings. The disposition of the seas,...
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