But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this;-we can perceive that events are brought about, not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular ease, but by the establishment of general laws.


Astronomy and general physics considered with reference to natural theology (ed. 1833)

William Whewell Quotes

But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this;-we can perceive that events are brought about, not by insulated...

But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this;-we can perceive that events are brought about, not by insulated...

But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this;-we can perceive that events are brought about, not by insulated...

But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this;-we can perceive that events are brought about, not by insulated...