Contrast between human (moral) philosophy and divine (natural, physical). The sublime character of the latter which lifts us above the contemplation of the littlenesses of the earth and earthly life to the knowledge of God and His nature. Compared with astronomical conceptions and dimensions the world of man is but as a threshing-floor, the haunt of ants. The mind of man attains its true height in contemplation and investigation of these sublime facts. Some of the problems thus raised 3 I. Meteoric fires--_she-goat_, _kid_, etc. Occasions of their appearance; connection of portent with event. Explanation of the phenomena. They may be due to pressure of the atmosphere. Aristotle attributes t…
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