Pictures, propagated by motion along the fibers of the optic nerves in the brain, are the cause of vision.
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Pictures, propagated by motion along the fibers of the optic nerves in the brain, are the cause of vision.
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When two forces unite, their efficiency double.
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The synthesis consists in assuming the Causes discovered and established as Principles, and by them explaining the Phænomena proceeding from them, and proving the explanations.
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Oh Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest the mischief done!
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To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
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Opposite to godliness is atheism in profession, and idolatry in practice. Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind, that it never had many professors.
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I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies, but not the madness of people.
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Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us that the Lord will provide.
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If the experiments which I urge be defective, it cannot be difficult to show the defects; but if valid, then by proving the theory, they must render all objections invalid.
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Religion and philosophy are to be preserved distinct. We are not to introduce divine revelations into philosophy, nor philosophical opinions into religion.
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Atheism is so senseless. When I look at the solar system, I see the earth at the right distance from the sun to receive the proper amounts of heat and light. This did not happen by chance.
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To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.
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Christ comes as a thief in the night, & it is not for us to know the times & seasons which God hath put into his own breast.
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Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion.
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It is reasonable that forces directed toward bodies depend on the nature and the quantity of matter of such bodies, as happens in the case of magnetic bodies.
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I understood. I have understood. I do understand.
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