 | 1876 - 592 lapas
...cessary to be possessed of only two beliefs : the first, that the ' order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent ' which is practically...condition of the course of events. ' Each of these beliefs can be verified experimentally as often ' as we like to try.' * This is the most direct, as it seems... | |
 | 1869 - 718 lapas
...stands alone as a force which we are free to exert in any direction we choose. Professor Huxley says, " Volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events." Wo should say it counts for a great deal. It is the link between the material and the immaterial —... | |
 | 1869 - 890 lapas
...joyfully admit that the musician must be a Spirit and Divine ? Professor Huxley distinctly declares that " our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events." These words are the most valuable and important in his whole address. They are the gleam of light seen... | |
 | 1869 - 580 lapas
...necessary to be possessed of only two beliefs : the first, that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically...something as a condition of the course of events." This would be fine, if, on his premises, our " volition " were not born of ammonia, etc. MR. HUXLEY... | |
 | John James Stewart Perowne - 1869 - 168 lapas
...necessary to be fully possessed of only two beliefs : the first, that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically...something as a condition of the course of events." Is it putting an unfair construction upon this remarkable paragraph to say, that Mr Huxley here expressly... | |
 | John James Stewart Perowne - 1869 - 180 lapas
...necessary to be fully possessed of only two beliefs : the first, that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically...something as a condition of the course of events." Is it putting an unfair construction upon this remarkable paragraph to say, that Mr Huxley here expressly... | |
 | John James Stewart Perowne (bp. of Worcester.) - 1869 - 180 lapas
...necessary to be fully possessed of only two beliefs : the first, that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically...something as a condition of the course of events." Is it putting an unfair construction upon this remarkable paragraph to say, that Mr Huxley here expressly... | |
 | George Western Thompson - 1869 - 468 lapas
...where is the unfoldment and progress in system, and always to higher progress and fuller system, and "that our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events?" Again, Mr. Huxley argues to show that all motion is the result of contractility, in both vegetal and... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1870 - 56 lapas
...necessary to be fully possessed of only two beliefs : the first, that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically...condition of the course of events. Each of these beliefs can be verified experimentally, as often as we like to try. Each, therefore, stands upon the strongest... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1870 - 400 lapas
...necessary to be fully possessed of only two beliefs : the first, that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically...condition of the course of events. Each of these beliefs can be verified experimentally, as often as we like to try. Each, therefore, stands upon the strongest... | |
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To do this effectually it is necessary to be fully possessed of only two beliefs : the first, that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically unlimited ; the second, that our volition counts for something as... 
