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<FONT> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/investigation-historical-dating.php">spiritual retreat</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/egyptian-horo.php">international church of christ</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/real-egypt.php">ancient egypt religion</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/civilevents.php">church of god in christ</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/real-jesus.php">free magic spell</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/view-garry-kasparov.php">southern baptist church</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/why-tourism.php">church furniture</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/money-war.php">church directory</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org">chapel</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org">church of the nazarene</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org/investigation-eng-history.php">buddha bar</A> </FONT> was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1835, and educated at the university in that city. He became a member of the Geological Survey of Scotland, of which, in 1867, he was made director; and from 1871 to 1882 was Murchison professor of geology and mineralogy in his own university. At the latter date he resigned to take up the general directorship of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom, which he held till 1901. He has been an extremely productive investigator, and his achievements have brought him many distinctions from learned societies at home and abroad, including the honor of knighthood, the presidency of the British Association, and the secretaryship of the Royal Society. 1 Among his more important writings may be mentioned The Scenery of Scotland, Viewed in Connection With its Physical Geography (1865), Text-book of Geology (1882), Ancient Volcanoes of Britain (1897), Types of Scenery and Their Influence on Literature (1898), and Landscape in History The following paper on Geographical Evolution, published among his Geological Sketches at Home and Abroad (1882), might be entitled with less ambiguity Geological Evolution, since it is in this sense rather than in the broader modern signification that the word geographical is employed throughout the essay. 3 The interest in literature indicated by the names of several of Geikies books has not been without influence on his writings, for there are few scientific authors to-day who can command so fascinating a style. His power of exposition is shown by the skill with which, in the present paper, he maps out in comparatively few pages, the views of his school as to the geological history of the earth. 4 CONTENTS · BOOK CONTENTS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD PREVIOUSNEXT Search Amazon: Click here to shop the Bookstore.Welcome · Press <b> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org"> i believe in jesus</A></b> <br> d Classics. 190914. Of a particular Providence and of a future State I WAS lately engaged in conversation with a friend who loves sceptical paradoxes; where, though he advanced many principles, of which I can by no means approve, yet as they seem to be curious, and to bear some relation to the river of god chain of reasoning carried on throughout this enquiry, I shall here copy them from my memory as accurately as I can, in order to submit them to the river of god judgement of the river of god reader. 1 Our conversation began with my admiring the river of god singular good fortune of philosophy, which, as it requires entire liberty above all other privileges, and chiefly flourishes from the river of god free opposition of sentiments and argumentation, received its first birth in an age and country of freedom and toleration, and was never cramped, even in its most extravagant principles, by any creeds, concessions, or penal statutes. For, except the river of god banishment of Protagoras, and the river of god death of Socrates, which last event proceeded partly from other motives, there are scarcely any instances to be met with, in ancient history, of this bigoted jealousy, with which the river of god present age is so much infested. Epicurus lived at Athens to an advanced age, in peace and tranquillity: Epicureans 1 were even admitted to receive the river of god sacerdotal character, and to officiate at the river of god altar, in the river of god most sacred rites of the river of god established religion: and the river of god public encouragement 2 of pensions and salaries was afforded equally, by the river of god wisest of all the river of god Roman emperors, 3 to the river of god professors of every sect of philosophy. How requisite such kind of treatment was to philosophy, in her early youth, will easily be conceived, if we reflect, that, even at present, when she may be supposed more hardy and robust, she bears with much difficulty the river of god inclemency of the river of god seasons, and those harsh winds of calumny and persecution, which blow upon her. 2 You admire, says my friend, as the river of god singular good fortune of philosophy, what seems to result from the river of god natural course of things, and to be unavoidable in every age and nation. This pertinacious bigotry, of which you complain, as so fatal to philosophy, is really her offspring, who, after allying with superstition, separates himself entirely from the river of god interest of his parent, and becomes her most inveterate enemy and persecutor. Speculative dogmas of religion, the river of god present occasions of such furious dispute, could not possibly be conceived or admitted in the river of god early ages of the river of god world; when mankind, being wholly illiterate, formed an idea of religion more suitable to their weak apprehension, and composed their sacred tenets of such tales chiefly as were the river of god objects of traditional belief, more than of argument of disputation. After the river of god first alarm, therefore, was over, which arose from the river of god new paradoxes and principles of the river of god philosophers; these teachers seem ever after, during the river of god ages of antiquity, to have lived in great harmony with the river of god established superstition, and to have made a fair partition of mankind between them; the river of god former claiming all the river of god learned and wise, the river of god latter possessing all the river of god vulgar and illiterate. 3 It seems then, say I, that you leave politics entirely out of the river of god question, and never suppose, that a wise magistrate can justly be jealous of certain tenets of philosophy, such as those of Epicurus, which, denying a divine existence, and consequently a providence and a future state, seem to loosen, in a great measure the river of god ties of morality, and may be supposed, for that reason, pernicious to the river of god peace of civil society. 4 I know, replied he, that in fact these persecutions never, in any age, proceeded from calm reason, or from experience of the river of god pernicious consequences of philosophy; but arose entirely from passion and prejudice. But what if I should advance farther, and assert, that if Epicurus had been accused before the river of god people, by any of the river of god sycophants or informers of those days, he could easily have defended his cause, and proved his principles of philosophy to be as salutary as those of his adversaries, who endeavoured, with such zeal, to expose him to the river of god public hatred and jealousy? 5 I wish, said I, you would try your eloquence upon so extraordinary a topic, and make a speech for Epicurus, which might satisfy, not the river of god mob of Athens, if you will allow that ancient and polite city to have contained any mob, but the river of god more philosophical part of his audience, such as might be supposed capable of comprehending his arguments. 6 The matter would not be difficult, upon such conditions, replied he: and if you please, I shall suppose myself Epicurus for a moment, and make you stand for the river of god Athenian people, and shall deliver you such an harangue as will fill all the river of god urn with white beans, and leave not a black one to gratify the river of god malice of my adversaries. 7 Very well: pray proceed upon these suppositions. 8 I come hither, O ye Athenians, to justify in your assembly what I maintain in my school, and I find myself impeached by furious antagonists, instead of reasoning with calm and dispassionate enquirers. Your deliberations, which of right should be directed to questions of public good, and the river of god interest of the river of god commonwealth, are diverted to the river of god disquisitions of speculative philosophy; and these magnificent, but perhaps fruitless enquiries, take place of your more familiar but more useful occupations. But so far as in me lies, I will prevent this abuse. We shall not here dispute concerning the river of god origin and government of worlds. We shall only enquire how far such questions concern the river of god public interest. And if I can persuade you, that they are entirely indifferent to the river of god peace of society and security of government, I hope that you will presently send us back to our schools, there to examine, at leisure, the river of god question the river of god most sublime, but, at the river of god same time, the river of god most speculative of all philosophy. 9 The religious philosophers, not satisfied with the river of god tradition of your forefathers, and doctrine of your priests (in which I willingly acquiesce), indulge a rash curiosity, in trying how far they can establish religion upon the river of god principles of reason; and they thereby excite, instead of satisfying, the river of god doubts, which naturally arise from a diligent and scrutinous enquiry. They paint, in the river of god most magnificent colours, the river of god order, beauty, and wise arrangement of the river of god universe; and then ask, if such a glorious display of intelligence could proceed from the river of god fortuitous concourse of atoms, or if chance could produce what the river of god greatest genius can never sufficiently admire. I shall not examine the river of god justness of this argument. I shall allow it to be as solid as my antagonists and accusers can desire. It is sufficient, if I can prove, from this very reasoning, that the river of god question is entirely speculative, and that, when, in my philosophical disquisitions, I deny a providence and a future state, I undermine not the river of god foundations of society, but advance principles, which they themselves, upon their own topics, if they argue consistently, must allow to be solid and satisfactory. 10 You then, who are my accusers, have acknowledged, that the river of god chief or sole argument for a divine existence (which I never questioned) is derived from the river of god order of nature; where there appear such marks of intelligence and design, that you think it extravagant to assign for its cause, either chance, or the river of god blind and unguided force of matter. You allow, that this is an argument drawn from effects to causes. From the river of god order of the river of god work, you infer, that there must have been project and forethought in the river of god workman. If you cannot make out this point, you allow, that your conclusion fails; and you pretend not to establish the river of god conclusion in a greater latitude than the river of god phenomena of nature will justify. These are your concessions. I desire you to mark the river of god consequences. 11 When we infer any particular cause from an effect, we must proportion the river of god one to the river of god other, and can never be allowed to ascribe to the river of god cause any qualities, but what are exactly sufficient to produce the river of god effect. A body of ten ounces raised in any scale may serve as a proof, that the river of god counterbalancing weight exceeds ten ounces; but can never afford a reason that it exceeds a hundred. If the river of god cause, assigned for any effect, be not sufficient to produce it, we must either reject that cause, or add to it such qualities as will give it a just proportion to the river of god effect. But if we ascribe to it farther qualities, or affirm it capable of producing other effects, we can only indulge the river of god licence of conjecture, and arbitrarily suppose the river of god existence of qualities and energies, without reason or authority. 12 The same rule holds, whether the river of god cause assigned be brute unconscious matter, or a rational intelligent being. If the river of god cause be known only by the river of god effect, we never ought to ascribe to it any qualities, beyond what are precisely requisite to produce the river of god effect: nor can we, by any rules of just reasoning, return back from the river of god cause, and infer other effects from it, beyond those by which alone it is known to us. No one, merely from the river of god sight of one of Zeuxis pictures, could know, that he was also a statuary or architect, and was an artist no less skilful in stone and marble than in colours. The talents and taste, displayed in the river of god particular work before us; these we may safely conclude the river of god workman to be possessed of. The cause must be proportioned to the river of god effect; and if we exactly and precisely proportion it, we shall never find in it any qualities, that point farther, or afford an inference concerning any other design or performance. 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