The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 34D. Appleton, 1889 - Science |
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Page 764 - Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita, Mi ritrovai per una selva oscura Che la diritta via era smarrita.
Page 56 - Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 413 - Judge not, and ye shall not be judged : condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned : forgive, and ye shall be forgiven : give, and it shall be given unto you : good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Page 442 - And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
Page 831 - Hag. I last night lay all alone On the ground, to hear the mandrake groan; And plucked him up, though he grew full low ; "" / And as I had done the Cock did,crow. 4 Hag. And I ha...
Page 442 - Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, '"and the living one. I was dead, and see. I am alive forever and ever; and I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
Page 214 - Do not all fixed bodies, when heated beyond a certain degree, emit light and shine, and is not this emission performed by the vibrating motions of their parts?
Page 768 - ... of Descartes ; it is the fundamental axiom of modern science. Positively the principle may be expressed : In matters of the intellect, follow your reason as far as it will take you, without regard to any other consideration. And negatively : In matters of the intellect do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. That I take to be the agnostic faith, which if a man keep whole and undefiled, he shall not be ashamed to look the universe in the face, whatever...
Page 60 - He maketh His sun to shine on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain upon the just and upon the unjust' — he contends only for the displacement of prayer, not for its extinction.
Page 270 - With over One Hundred Illustrations. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75. The author has here collected some of his recent observations on the senses aivl intelligence of animals, and especially of insects, and has attempted to give, very briefly, some idea of the organs of sense, commencing in each case with those of man himself. THE PLEASURES OF LIFE. 12mo. Cloth, 50 cents ; paper, 25 cents.