 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1858 - 924 oldal
...anticipation of the skepticism of his contemporaries, he said of his " Harmonies of the World :" " It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." It is not our intention to examine the safety of the position... | |
 | 1858 - 812 oldal
...anticipation of the scepticism of his contem[xirariee, he said of his " Harmonies of the World," — " It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." It ig not our intention to examine the safety of the position... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1858 - 454 oldal
...the die is cast, the book is written, to be read either now or by posterity, — I care not which. I may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." In accordance with the notion he entertained respecting the "... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1859 - 628 oldal
...angry, I can bear it : the die is cast, the book is written — to be read now or by posterity; I cave not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an interpreter of his works." Kepler died despised and neglected by the men... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - 1860 - 816 oldal
...15, 1618, when it became known to him ; and, speaking of the book which promulgated it, he said : " It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited 6,000 years for an observer." The accession in 1619 of the emperor Ferdinand II., who promised to pay... | |
 | Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel - 1860 - 698 oldal
...; the die is cast, the book is written, to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which. I may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." In accordance with the notion he entertained respecting the "... | |
 | 1861 - 576 oldal
...students of nature to a noble carelessness for the reception of his discoveries ; " the book," he said, " may well " wait a century for a reader, as God " has waited six thousand years for " an interpreter." I cannot feel that the message of hope, of encouragement,... | |
 | 1862 - 710 oldal
...pathetic words of the immortal Kepler, — ' The die is cast, the book is written, either to be read now or by posterity ; I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, since God has waited 6000 years for an observer.' " (P. 30.) But it is not our intention to add our... | |
 | 1862 - 710 oldal
...pathetic words of the immortal Kepler,—' The die is cast, the book is written, either to be read now or by posterity ; I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, since God has waited 6000 years for an observer.' " (P. 30.) But it is not our intention to add our... | |
 | 1862 - 616 oldal
...forgive me, I rejoice ; if you aro angry, I can bear it. The die is cast; the book is written, tobe read either now or by posterity, I care not which. It may be well to wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years ior an observer." SEVENTY... | |
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I will indulge in my sacred fury ; I will triumph over mankind by the honest confession, that I have stolen the golden vases of the Egyptians*, to build up a tabernacle for my God far away from the confines of Egypt. If you forgive me, I rejoice; if you... 
