Men and WomenSimpkin, Marshall, 1890 - 208 Seiten |
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... possess almost miraculous mental powers , experiencing these effects and sinking under them . Some of them died early , when but six or eight years of age , but manifested to the last a maturity of under- standing , which only increased ...
... possess almost miraculous mental powers , experiencing these effects and sinking under them . Some of them died early , when but six or eight years of age , but manifested to the last a maturity of under- standing , which only increased ...
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... possessed by other animals , he has many that no other animal has . Do not imagine that I wish to disparage animals ; on the contrary , to the extent of their powers they are collectively more perfect than man : " Observe the honey bee ...
... possessed by other animals , he has many that no other animal has . Do not imagine that I wish to disparage animals ; on the contrary , to the extent of their powers they are collectively more perfect than man : " Observe the honey bee ...
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... possess an excep- tional amount of secretiveness ; it is their abuse of this faculty that causes their wickedness ; but the same faculty protects them , by enabling them to hide their wickedness . In Beckford's Vathek " it is one of the ...
... possess an excep- tional amount of secretiveness ; it is their abuse of this faculty that causes their wickedness ; but the same faculty protects them , by enabling them to hide their wickedness . In Beckford's Vathek " it is one of the ...
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... possessed of life , we find development to be the existing law . The facts connected with this subject are very interesting : " First surmised by the illustrious Harvey , afterwards illustrated by Hunter in his wondrous collection at ...
... possessed of life , we find development to be the existing law . The facts connected with this subject are very interesting : " First surmised by the illustrious Harvey , afterwards illustrated by Hunter in his wondrous collection at ...
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... possessed by man , it seems to me his origin must be ascribed to a distinct species . Mr. Darwin supports his opinion by the fact that " man is constructed on the same general type or model with other mammals . All the bones in his ...
... possessed by man , it seems to me his origin must be ascribed to a distinct species . Mr. Darwin supports his opinion by the fact that " man is constructed on the same general type or model with other mammals . All the bones in his ...
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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.