Discovery: Or, The Spirit and Service of ScienceMacmillan and Company, 1916 - 340 pages |
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... moon , planets and some of the fixed stars to be pre- dicted with greater accuracy than had hitherto been the case . This was the work which gave him the first place in the esteem of men who were best able to judge its value to ...
... moon , planets and some of the fixed stars to be pre- dicted with greater accuracy than had hitherto been the case . This was the work which gave him the first place in the esteem of men who were best able to judge its value to ...
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... moon had cut off the dazzling light of the sun's visible surface , consisted of luminous gases , chief among which was hydrogen . Shortly afterwards Sir Norman Lockyer devised a method of observing solar prominences at any time when the ...
... moon had cut off the dazzling light of the sun's visible surface , consisted of luminous gases , chief among which was hydrogen . Shortly afterwards Sir Norman Lockyer devised a method of observing solar prominences at any time when the ...
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... moon , and Herschel had to observe more than 300,000 of such fields in order to make his census of the stars in a hemisphere of space . The method of observation is described by Von Magellen in a letter to Bode , from which the ...
... moon , and Herschel had to observe more than 300,000 of such fields in order to make his census of the stars in a hemisphere of space . The method of observation is described by Von Magellen in a letter to Bode , from which the ...
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... moon , and cannot go on because of my frozen feet and the darkness . The bodies of the others are in the middle of the fiord . Hagen died on November 15th , Mylius Erichsen some ten days later . The records of the scientific work of ...
... moon , and cannot go on because of my frozen feet and the darkness . The bodies of the others are in the middle of the fiord . Hagen died on November 15th , Mylius Erichsen some ten days later . The records of the scientific work of ...
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... moon and the weather . Many people believe that the British climate has undergone considerable changes in comparatively modern times . " The winters ( or the summers ) are not what they were when I was young , " is a statement ...
... moon and the weather . Many people believe that the British climate has undergone considerable changes in comparatively modern times . " The winters ( or the summers ) are not what they were when I was young , " is a statement ...
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Page 44 - And Nature, the old nurse, took The child upon her knee, Saying : " Here is a story-book Thy Father has written for thee." " Come, wander with me," she said, " Into regions yet untrod ; And read what is still unread In the manuscripts of God." And he wandered away and away With Nature, the dear old nurse, Who sang to him night and day The rhymes of the universe. And whenever the way seemed long, Or his heart began to fail, She would sing a more wonderful song, Or tell a more marvellous tale.
Page 277 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 15 - That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work, that, as a mechanism, it is capable of...
Page 15 - ... whose passions are trained to come to heel by a vigorous will, the servant of a tender conscience; who has learned to love all beauty, whether of Nature or of art, to hate all vileness, and to respect others as himself.
Page 44 - Science seems to me to teach in the highest and strongest manner the great truth which is embodied in the Christian conception of entire surrender to the will of God. Sit down before fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion, follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature leads, or you shall learn nothing.
Page 292 - The heavens declare the glory of God : and the firmament sheweth his handy work. One day telleth another: and one night certifieth another. There is neither speech nor language : but their voices are heard among them. Their sound is gone out into all lands : and their words into the ends of the world.
Page 106 - He answered and said unto them, "When it is evening ye say, 'It will be fair weather; for the sky is red.
Page 202 - Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Page 199 - I have already urged, the practice of that which is ethically best — what we call goodness or virtue — involves a course of conduct which, in all respects, is opposed to that which leads to success in the cosmic struggle for existence.
Page 227 - THIS day relenting God Hath placed within my hand A wondrous thing; and God Be praised. At his command, Seeking His secret deeds With tears and toiling breath, I find thy cunning seeds, O million-murdering Death. I know this little thing A myriad men will save. O Death, where is thy sting? Thy victory, O Grave?