. Outlines of natural theology for the use of the Canadian student [microform] : selected and arranged from the most authentic sources. Natural history; Natural theology; Sciences naturelles; Théologie naturelle. 328 . f ; f Hi. adduces most elaborate testimony in support of the doctrine as above laid down: "Let us," he says, " in grappling with the vast multiplicity of our sub- ject, att«; /.^uacing and simplifying it by means of th« classifying principle ; not simply, howcTer— again recurring to the remark of the metaphysician —as an internal principle given up by nat
. Outlines of natural theology for the use of the Canadian student [microform] : selected and arranged from the most authentic sources. Natural history; Natural theology; Sciences naturelles; Théologie naturelle. 328 . f ; f Hi. adduces most elaborate testimony in support of the doctrine as above laid down: "Let us," he says, " in grappling with the vast multiplicity of our sub- ject, att«; /.^uacing and simplifying it by means of th« classifying principle ; not simply, howcTer— again recurring to the remark of the metaphysician —as an internal principle given up by nature, but as an external priu^I^>i»j, txempl^fed by nature. Let us take the organisms of the old geological periods in the order in which they occur in time ; secure, as has been shewn, that if our chronology be correct, our classification will, as a consequence, be good. It will be for the Natural Theologians of the coming age to shew the bearing of this wonderful fact on the progress of man towards the just and the solid, and on the being and character of man's Creator—to es- tablish on the one hand, against the undue deprecia- tion of intellect and it results, that in certain departments of mind, such as that which deals with the ar^-angement and developement of the scheme of organic being, human thought is not profitlessly revolving in an idle circle, but progressing God- wards, and gradually unlocking the order of crea- tion. And, on the othor hand, he may demand of the Pantheist ho> -seeing that only such^e/'5ows as the Cuv'ers and Liudi ys, could have wrought out for themselves the real arrangement of this scheme —how, I say, or on what principle is it to be held, that it was a scheme originated and established at. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bovell, James, 1817-18
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