Author: John Walsh Ormathwaite

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-09-12

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9781528350389

Excerpt from Astronomy and Geology Compared Appear in our own eyes; what mere atoms we are, no more permanent than the flies which buzz through a summer and then die; no larger than the motes which dance in the sunbeam l But our second thoughts are more inspiring and consolatory. Is not the fact that we are thus enabled to measure and to comprehend so large a part of this mighty scheme, a proof that we are connected with it by ties more lasting than are at present visible to us? The acts of the Almighty are never purposeless, and the cir cumstance that we are thus permitted a prospect of what is beyond us here, is one evidence, among the many others which are afforded to us, of the truth of those hopes which associate us with a larger future. Not only do these two sciences afford us these prospects beyond the boundaries of this present world, but I think it will be found that they are the only ones which do so. The other sciences, which add so largely to our knowledge of the laws of nature here, and place in our hands such vastly augmented powers over the material world, deal almost exclusively with sublunary matters. Chemistry, Electricity, Anatomy, Botany, and many others, have their relations here. Other sciences borrow, indeed, from Astronomy or. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.