Men and WomenSimpkin, Marshall, 1890 - 208 Seiten |
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... seem extraordinary to a reflecting mind that , in some situations , one half of all who are born should die before attaining maturity ; and that of 1,000 infants born and reared in London , 650 die before the age of ten years . It is ...
... seem extraordinary to a reflecting mind that , in some situations , one half of all who are born should die before attaining maturity ; and that of 1,000 infants born and reared in London , 650 die before the age of ten years . It is ...
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... is useless shutting our eyes to the fact that they have not done so , and , if anything , seem less inclined than ever to obey the philosopher's advice . They may , as before intimated , be more prudent and 16 INTRODUCTION .
... is useless shutting our eyes to the fact that they have not done so , and , if anything , seem less inclined than ever to obey the philosopher's advice . They may , as before intimated , be more prudent and 16 INTRODUCTION .
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... seem to realise the men or women who can be trusted or not ; but to the mass of people the coun- tenance of a man or woman is not an index to their inner self , to be read like a book . We find in God's laws com- pensation in most ...
... seem to realise the men or women who can be trusted or not ; but to the mass of people the coun- tenance of a man or woman is not an index to their inner self , to be read like a book . We find in God's laws com- pensation in most ...
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... seems unjust ; it is certainly contrary to the principle of the Married Woman's Property Act , and ought at once to be remedied . There is still too exclusive a feeling by some men and societies as regard women . For example , in the ...
... seems unjust ; it is certainly contrary to the principle of the Married Woman's Property Act , and ought at once to be remedied . There is still too exclusive a feeling by some men and societies as regard women . For example , in the ...
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... seems wanting that which shall render it the brain of MAN . ' * And this change in time takes place . " So also with the heart . This organ , in the mammalia , consists of four cavities ; but in the reptiles of only three , and in ...
... seems wanting that which shall render it the brain of MAN . ' * And this change in time takes place . " So also with the heart . This organ , in the mammalia , consists of four cavities ; but in the reptiles of only three , and in ...
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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.