Richard Anthony Proctor epub Mysteries of Time and Space (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Mysteries of Time and Space The essays in the present, volume are for the most part among those in which I have endeavoured to present the tendency of science in our time to show the domain of law as to all intents and purposes infinite. The mysteries of time and space here dealt with were no mysteries to those men of old times who supposed that at a short distance from this earth lies the region which they regarded as the heaven of heavens, and that a short. Distance in time from the present takes us to the beginning of all things in the past, to the end of all things in the future. Starting with such conceptions - the positivism of early thought - men found more and more of mystery as they learned more and more of actual facts, until now that which of old was confidently explained is found to be utterly inexplicable, save as a part - an infinitely minute part - of the mysterious Infinity and Eternity we call The Universe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.