Men and WomenSimpkin, Marshall, 1890 - 208 Seiten |
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... right time , it is possible to make men and women better , happier , and more useful than they have hitherto been . It is to help in this object my book has been written . " Know thyself , ' saith the sage . It INTRODUCTION . 13.
... right time , it is possible to make men and women better , happier , and more useful than they have hitherto been . It is to help in this object my book has been written . " Know thyself , ' saith the sage . It INTRODUCTION . 13.
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... object has been to prove to men that their proper study is to know themselves , their strength and weakness . My desire is to stimulate their curiosity , and thereby cause more inquiry by men about man ; to strengthen their self ...
... object has been to prove to men that their proper study is to know themselves , their strength and weakness . My desire is to stimulate their curiosity , and thereby cause more inquiry by men about man ; to strengthen their self ...
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... object is to interest you therein , so that you may read Darwin and others for yourself . It is a mistake to speak positively either for the single or separate species theory ; the subject is beyond our grasp . As Professor Owen wrote ...
... object is to interest you therein , so that you may read Darwin and others for yourself . It is a mistake to speak positively either for the single or separate species theory ; the subject is beyond our grasp . As Professor Owen wrote ...
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... objects beyond the regions of experience ; by its aid man can ascertain the cause of things , and how to remedy his past errors . lt is in the possession of this higher mental power that makes the grand distinction betwixt man and the ...
... objects beyond the regions of experience ; by its aid man can ascertain the cause of things , and how to remedy his past errors . lt is in the possession of this higher mental power that makes the grand distinction betwixt man and the ...
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... objects of human cognition , it must be obvious at once that the latter has an endless field of exercise , while the former must be very definite and circum- scribed . ” The only true method of estimating man's place in Nature , the ...
... objects of human cognition , it must be obvious at once that the latter has an endless field of exercise , while the former must be very definite and circum- scribed . ” The only true method of estimating man's place in Nature , the ...
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action admit animals believe better body brain causes century character creation Creator Darwin doubt duty Emily Faithfull equal evil existence fact faculties feeling female Frederic Harrison Giordano Bruno give greater habit happiness higher honour human nature husband idea individual influence instinct intellectual J. S. Mill knowledge labour less living Lucas Malet man's mankind marriage married matter mental powers Mill mind Mona Caird moral natural law natural selection Nature's Nature's laws never object opinion organic organisation origin Origin of Species Ouida ovum passion philosophy Phrenology physical pleasure political position present principle progress punishment realise reason recognised regard religion reptile social society soul species struggle superior taught teaching things thought tion true truth understand universal Vestiges of Creation virtue weak wife wise woman women young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 206 - Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete; That not a worm is cloven in vain; That not a moth with vain desire Is shrivelled in a fruitless fire, Or but subserves another's gain.
Seite 89 - Angels are painted fair, to look like you : There's in you all that we believe of Heaven, Amazing brightness, purity, and truth, Eternal joy, and everlasting love.
Seite 194 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Seite 35 - I may be allowed to personify the natural preservation or survival of the fittest, cares nothing for appearances, except in so far as they are useful to any being. She can act on every internal organ, on every shade of constitutional difference, on the whole machinery of life. Man selects only for his own good : Nature only for that of the being which she tends.
Seite 34 - Nothing is easier than to admit in words the truth of the universal struggle for life, or more difficult — at least I have found it so — than constantly to bear this conclusion in mind.
Seite 73 - Lie not : but let thy heart be true to God, Thy mouth to it, thy actions to them both : Cowards tell lies, and those that fear the rod ; The stormy working soul spits lies and froth. Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie : A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.
Seite 36 - ... be, compared with those accumulated by nature during whole geological periods. Can we wonder, then, that nature's productions should be far
Seite 154 - I have not made up my mind whether it is not ' better to bear the ills we have than fly to others we know not of.
Seite 33 - It is, therefore, of the highest importance to gain a clear insight into the means of modification and coadaptation. At the commencement of my observations it seemed to me probable that a careful study of domesticated animals and of cultivated plants would offer the best chance of making out this obscure problem.
Seite 66 - Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never Is, but always To be blest; The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.