 | 1863 - 538 Seiten
...speck ha infinite extension — a mere drop in the universal sea. We analyse the space in which ho is immersed, and which is the vehicle of his power....pouring forth energy like our own, but still without infringement of the law, which reveals immutability in the midst of change, which recognizes incessant... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1863 - 538 Seiten
...reservoir of power is infinite ; but it is our privilege to rise above these standards, and to regard the sun himself as a speck in infinite extension, — a mere drop in the universal sea. We analyse the space in which he is immersed, and which is the vehicle of his power. We pass to other... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1863 - 500 Seiten
...reservoir of power is infinite ; but it is our privilege to rise above these standards, and to regard the sun himself as a speck in infinite extension, — a mere drop in the universal sea. We analyse the space in which he is immersed, and which is the vehicle of his power. We pass to other... | |
 | 1863 - 530 Seiten
...reservoir of power is infinite ; but it is our privilege to rise above these standards, and to regard the sun himself as a speck in infinite extension — a mere drop in the universal sea. We analyse the space in which he is immersed, and which is the vehicle of his power. We pass to other... | |
 | 1864 - 382 Seiten
...reservoir of power is infinite; but it is our privilege to rise above these standards, and to regard the sun himself as a speck in infinite extension;...pouring forth energy like our own, but still without infringement of the law, which reveals immutability in the midst of change, which recognizes incessant... | |
 | 1864 - 568 Seiten
...moulds into which his strength is temporarily poured, in passing from its source through infinitude." " We pass to other systems and other suns, each pouring forth energy like our own, but still without infringement of the law, which reveals immutability in the midst of change, which recognizes incessant... | |
 | 1865 - 372 Seiten
...reservoir of power is infinite; but it is our privilege to rise above these standards, and to regard the sun himself as a speck in infinite extension ;...pouring forth energy like our own, but still without infringement of the law, which reveals immutability in the midst of change, which recognizes incessant... | |
 | 1866 - 646 Seiten
...privilege to lise above these standards, and to regard the Sun, himself, as a speck in infinite exteni-ion. A mere drop in the universal sea. We analyze the space...pouring forth energy like our own, but still, without Infringment of the law, which reveals immutability in the midst of change, which recognizes incessant... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1866 - 492 Seiten
...reservoir of power is infinite ; but it is our privilege to rise above these standards, and to regard the sun himself as a speck in infinite extension, — a mere drop in the universal sea. We analyse the space in which he is immersed, and which is the vehicle of his power. We pass to other... | |
 | 1867 - 378 Seiten
...reservoir of power is infinite ; but it is our privilege to rise above these standards, and to regard the sun himself as a speck in infinite extension ;...pouring forth energy like our own, but still without infringement of the law, which reveals immutability in the midst of change, which recognizes incessant... | |
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And still, notwithstanding this enormous drain, in the lapse of human history we are unable to detect a diminution of his store ; measured by our largest terrestrial standards, such a reservoir of power is infinite ; but it is our privilege to rise above... 
