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" Alike in the external and the internal worlds, he sees himself in the midst of perpetual changes, of which he can discover neither the beginning nor the end. If, tracing back the evolution of things, he allows himself to entertain the hypothesis that... "
Illustrations of Universal Progress: A Series of Discussions - Page 59
by Herbert Spencer - 1867 - 451 pages
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Essays, Scientific, Political, and Speculative, Volume 1

Herbert Spencer - Philosophy - 1891 - 514 pages
...worlds, he sees himself in the midst of ceaseless changes, of which he can discover neither beginning nor end. If, tracing back the evolution of things, he...matter once existed in a diffused form, he finds it impossible to conceive how this came to be so; and equally, if he speculates on the future, he can...
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Essays: scientific, political, & speculative. Libr. ed, Volume 1

Herbert Spencer - 1891 - 494 pages
...worlds, he sees himself in the midst of ceaseless changes, of which he can discover neither beginning nor end. If, tracing back the evolution of things, he...matter once existed in a diffused form, he finds it impossible to conceive how this came to be so; and equally, if he speculates on the future, he can...
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The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary on the Old Testament: (on an ...

Bible - 1892 - 762 pages
...Association Meeting, Sept., 1S67. "Alike in the external and the internal worlds, the man of science sees himself in the midst of perpetual changes, of which he can discover neither the beginning nor I he end. In all directions his investigations eventually bring him face to face with an insoluble...
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Mind, Volume 13

New Thought - 1904 - 688 pages
...inexplicableness of that which remains behind. Alike in the external and the internal worlds, the man of science sees himself in the midst of perpetual changes of...he can discover neither the beginning nor the end. . . . He realizes with a special vividness the utter incomprehensibleness of the simplest fact, considered...
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The Library of Original Sources: 1833-1865

Oliver Joseph Thatcher - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1907 - 494 pages
...worlds, he sees himself in the midst of ceaseless changes, of which he can discover neither beginning nor end. If, tracing back the evolution of things, he...matter once existed in a diffused form, he finds it impossible to conceive how this came to be so ; and equally, if he speculates on the future, he can...
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Seven essays, selected from the works of H. Spencer

Herbert Spencer - Philosophy - 1907 - 142 pages
...worlds, he sees himself in the midst of ceaseless changes, of which he can discover neither beginning nor end. If, tracing back the evolution of things, he...matter once existed in a diffused form, he finds it impossible to conceive how this came to be so ; and equally, if he speculates on the future, he can...
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Essays

Herbert Spencer - Philosophy - 1910 - 496 pages
...worlds, he sees himself in the midst of ceaseless changes, of which he can discover neither beginning end. If, tracing back the evolution of things, he...matter once existed in a diffused form, he finds it impossible to conceive how this came to be so; and equally, if he speculates on the future, he can...
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First principles. Popular ed, Volume 2

Herbert Spencer - 1910 - 280 pages
...inexplicableness of that which remains behind. Alike in the external and the internal worlds, the man of science sees himself in the midst of perpetual changes of...can discover neither the beginning nor the end. If he allows himself to entertain the hypothesis that the Universe originally existed in a diffused form,...
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The Doom of Dogma and the Triumph of Truth

Henry Frank - Bible - 1911 - 454 pages
...inexplicableness of that which remains behind. Alike in the external and the internal worlds, the man of science sees himself in the midst of perpetual changes of...he can discover neither the beginning nor the end. . . . He realizes with a special vividness the utter incomprehensibleness of the simplest fact, considered...
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The Fitness of the Environment: An Inquiry Into the Biological Significance ...

Lawrence Joseph Henderson - Adaptation (Biology) - 1913 - 360 pages
...free from variation of any sort. 2 "Alike in the external and the internal worlds, the man of science sees himself in the midst of perpetual changes of...he allows himself to entertain the hypothesis that the universe once existed in a difand it seems clear that the facts of physical science call for an...
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