The Theistic Conception of the World: An Essay in Opposition to Certain Tendencies of Modern ThoughtCocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)
Religion
The Theistic Conception of the World: An Essay in Opposition to Certain Tendencies of Modern Thought
Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)
Theism
[Footnote 335: Clerk Maxwell, in _Nature_, vol. ii. p. 421; Herschel,
"Familiar Lectures on Science," p. 467.]
[Footnote 336: Professor Norton, in the _American Journal of Science and
Arts_, July, 1864, p. 64; Herschel, "Familiar Lectures on Science," p.
467; Dr. Carpenter, "Human Physiology," p. 542.]
[Footnote 337: _Revue des Deux Mondes_, 1867.]
[Footnote 338: Anaxagoras.]
[Footnote 339: Dr. Carpenter, in _Nature_, vol. vi. p. 312.]
[Footnote 340: Herschel, "Familiar Lectures on Science," p. 467.]
[Footnote 341: For other illustrations, see Cooke's "Religion of
Chemistry," pp. 326-8; Grove, "Correlation and Conservation of Forces,"
pp. 116, 117.]
[Footnote 342: Dr. Cohn, of the University of Breslau, in _Nature_, vol.
vii. p. 137.]
[Footnote 343: Carpenter, "Human Physiology," p. 542; Herschel,
"Outlines of Astronomy," pp. 233, 234; Wallace, "On Natural Selection,"
p. 368; Murphy, "Scientific Basis of Faith," p. 51; Laycock, "Mind and
Brain," vol. i. pp. 225, 258-9, 304.]
[Footnote 344: "First Principles," p. 235.]
[Footnote 345: Letter to the author.]
[Footnote 346: The distinction made by Dr. Carpenter between _molecular_
(bioplasmic) and _somatic_ (individual) life is important: molecular
life is a cosmic force, somatic life is an individualized force; the
former is the direct action of Deity, the second is the indwelling of a
created but yet dependent spiritual entity in a vitalized organism.]
[Footnote 347: "On the Mutual Relation of the Vital and Physical
Forces," _Philosophical Transactions_, 1850, p. 730. See also Laycock,
"Mind and Brain," vol. i. p. 304; Wallace, in _Nature_, vol. vi. p.
285.]
[Footnote 348: Huxley, "Introduction to the Classification of Animals."]
[Footnote 349: _Nature_, vol. iv. p. 269.]
[Footnote 350: "God in Nature," in _Old and New_, 1872, p. 163.]
[Footnote 351: _Methodist Quarterly Review_, July, 1871, p. 499.]
[Footnote 352: "All atomic forces are incessant forces that are made up
of impulses which are renewed every instant."--Professor Norton, in the
_American Journal of Science and Arts_, vol. iii. 3d Series, p. 331.]
[Footnote 353: Sir W. Thomson, in _Nature_, vol. iv. p. 266.]
[Footnote 354: Grove, "Correlation and Conservation of Forces," pp. 15,
18, 199. See also the words of Dr. Mayer in the same volume, p. 341.]
[Footnote 355: Mr. Wallace, the author of the theory of natural
selection, denies its applicability to man. Man is "a being apart," a
"being superior to nature." "He has not only escaped 'natural selection'
himself, but he is actually able to take away some of that power from
nature which, before his appearance, she universally exercised" ("On
Natural Selection," pp. 325, 326). See also Lubbock's "Prehistoric
Times," last chapter.]
[Footnote 356: "Lectures on the History of Rome," vol. ii. p. 59.]
[Footnote 357: Laurent, "Études sur l'Histoire de l'Humanité," vol. v.
p. 14.]
[Footnote 358: Cousin, "History of Philosophy," vol. i. p. 160.]
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