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  • In his early years, Linnaeus believed that the species was not only real, but unchangeable — as he wrote, Unitas in omni specie ordinem ducit (The invariability of species is the condition for order [in nature]).

    At What Level did this Evolve? 2009

  • "Tu es sacerdos in aeternum secundum ordinem Melchisedech"

    Silver Jubilee 2009

  • Quod non capis, quod non vides,Animósa firmat fides,Præter rerum ordinem.

    Archive 2008-05-01 bls 2008

  • The court further ruled the apparent “verbal” approval of the project – no formal act has ever been presented – by the former Prodi government to be extra ordinem and “absolutely incompatible in view of the importance of the matter and the traditional principals of administrative law.”

    Italian Court Blocks Construction of U.S. Military Base 2008

  • Meza horo antaŭtagmeze: Certum tenentes ordinem 90

    An Office Hymn (no tunes) Compendium, Part III (with thanks to bls 2007

  • Meza horo antaŭtagmeze: Certum tenentes ordinem 90

    Archive 2007-11-01 bls 2007

  • So that is still verified in our age, which [2084] Chrysostom complained of in his time, Qui opulentiores sunt, in ordinem parasitorum cogunt eos, et ipsos tanquam canes ad mensas suas enutriunt, eorumque impudentes.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Given as much, the best definition of 'miracle' I know of is that of St. Thomas Aquinas, as offered in Summa Contra Gentiles, Book III: "...those things are properly called miracles which are done by divine agency beyond the order commonly observed in nature praeter ordinem communiter observatum in rebus."

    Archive 2007-06-01 Mike L 2007

  • Praescribunt, imperant, in ordinem cogunt, ingenium nostrum prout ipsis vicebitur, astriugunt et relaxant ut papilionem pueri aut bruchum filo demitturit, aut attrahunt, nos a libidine sua pendere aequum censentes.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

  • Bellonius, Rondoletius, Hippolitus Salvianus, &c. [3326] Arcana coeli, naturae secreta, ordinem universi scire majoris felicitatis et dulcedinis est, quam cogitatione quis assequi possit, aut mortalis sperare.

    Anatomy of Melancholy 2007

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