Tho Material, why Not Immortal?R. G. Badger, 1921 - Всего страниц: 69 |
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action altho analogy astronomical atoms believe brain records brain-action capable CHAPTER chemical cism conceive consciousness consider crystallography develop doctrine doubtless earnest earth electricity electrons ellipse enormous eternal existence facts finite forever recorded form of matter Furthermore future Geology germ gray matter grow happen happy Heaven hope horrible toy human brain idea immortal spirit indefinite number infinite infinity kind living creatures luminiferous ether machines marvelous materialists matter and motion medium memory miles millions mind molecules mortal mysteries nature nerves nirvana OBERLIN SMITH particles perhaps phenomena phonograph planets Plato position possible probably question regarding seems sentient sibilities sider solar system solid somewhere soul sound-waves sounds speak speculations spiritists stars stored substance suggestive suns supposed Telepathy things THO MATERIAL thru the ether thruout tin-foil tiny tion train of motions truth universe UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Unseen Universe various visible whirling wires wonderful wondrous
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Стр. 68 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Стр. 67 - And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care.
Стр. 68 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Стр. 27 - The air itself is one vast library, on whose pages are forever written all that man has ever said or woman whispered.
Стр. 60 - ... that Nature makes no leaps is far from true. Nature's habit is to make prodigious leaps, but only after long preparation. Slowly rises the water in the tank, inch by inch through many a weary hour, until at length it overflows and straightway vast systems of machinery are awakened into rumbling life. Slowly grows the eccentricity of the ellipse as you shift its position in the cone, and still the nature of the curve is not essentially varied, when suddenly, presto ! one more little shift, and...
Стр. 62 - But O for the touch of a vanished hand. And the sound of a voice that is still!
Стр. 55 - we find no vestige of a beginning and no prospect of an end...
Стр. 63 - The idea of a future life is supported by not a single fact, while there is much evidence against it.