The Constitution of Man in Relation to the Natural LawsCassell, 1803 - 236 pages |
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... appears as the image of God . Seen in his crimes , his wars , and his devastations , he might be mistaken for the incarnation of an evil spirit ; contemplated in his schemes of charity , his discoveries in science , and his vast com ...
... appears as the image of God . Seen in his crimes , his wars , and his devastations , he might be mistaken for the incarnation of an evil spirit ; contemplated in his schemes of charity , his discoveries in science , and his vast com ...
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... appears to be arranged , to some extent , on the principle of slow and progressive improve- ment . Physical nature has undergone many revolutions ; and we learn from geology that it has been gradually pre- pared for successive orders of ...
... appears to be arranged , to some extent , on the principle of slow and progressive improve- ment . Physical nature has undergone many revolutions ; and we learn from geology that it has been gradually pre- pared for successive orders of ...
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... appears to have been adapted to it . He received an organised struc- ture , and animal , moral , and intellectual ... appear scarcely worthy of being mentioned , is of importance in treating of Man ; because the human being , in so far ...
... appears to have been adapted to it . He received an organised struc- ture , and animal , moral , and intellectual ... appear scarcely worthy of being mentioned , is of importance in treating of Man ; because the human being , in so far ...
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... appears , and the rude winds oft lift its waters to the sky ; but there the skill of Man may launch the strong - knit bark , and make the trackless deep a highway through the world . In such a state of things , knowledge is truly power ...
... appears , and the rude winds oft lift its waters to the sky ; but there the skill of Man may launch the strong - knit bark , and make the trackless deep a highway through the world . In such a state of things , knowledge is truly power ...
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... appears something inscrutable in such events , if only the moral qualities of the men be contemplated ; but if the principle be recognised that ships float in virtue of a purely physical law , and that physical objects and moral beings ...
... appears something inscrutable in such events , if only the moral qualities of the men be contemplated ; but if the principle be recognised that ships float in virtue of a purely physical law , and that physical objects and moral beings ...
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according action activity adapted animal faculties animal propensities appears arranged ascer benevolence bestowed body brain Cassell's causes cloth condition conduct consequences constitution creation Creator death desire discover disease Divine duty effects enjoy enjoyment evil exercise existence external objects feelings GEORGE COMBE gilt gratification happiness harmony higher sentiments ignorance Illustrated improvement individual inflict infringement instance institutions intellectual faculties intellectual laws intelligent intuitive knowledge JULIAN HAWTHORNE knowledge labour laws of nature live lower animals mankind marriage ment mind misery moral and intellectual moral law moral sentiments nations natural laws natural philosophy neglect obedience obey observation offender offspring operation organic laws organised pain parents perceive persons philosophy Phrenology physical laws pleasure possess practical present principle propen punishment qualities race regard relations religion render ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON selfish ship society suffering supremacy T. P. O'CONNOR tion transmitted vessels of wrath views vigour Vols W. W. GREENER
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Page 15 - ... also rewards and punishes actions. If, for example, the pain which we feel, upon doing what tends to the destruction of our bodies, suppose upon too near approaches to fire, or upon wounding ourselves, be appointed by the Author of nature to prevent our doing what thus tends to our destruction, this is altogether as much an instance of his punishing our actions, and consequently of our being under his government, as declaring by a voice from heaven that if we acted so, he would inflict such pain...
Page 15 - Nature's acting upon us every moment which we feel it, or to his having at once contrived and executed his own part in the plan of the world, makes no alteration as to the matter before us.
Page 104 - They say nay in a word, but they do so in deed ; for to the one they will gladly give a stipend of two hundred crowns by the year, and loth to offer to the other two hundred shillings. God that sitteth in heaven laugheth their choice to scorn, and rewardeth their liberality as it should. For he suffereth...
Page 212 - Never, perhaps, was witnessed a finer scene than on the deck of my little ship, when all hope of life had left us. Noble as the character of the British sailor is always allowed to be in cases of danger, yet I did not believe it to be possible that amongst forty-one persons not one repining word should have been uttered.