The Constitution of Man in Relation to the Natural LawsCassell, 1803 - 236 pages |
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... less , and the water , not being held down by so great a power of resistance , rises as vapour at a lower temperature than 212 ° . This change of phenomena does not indicate a change in the constitution of the water , but only a ...
... less , and the water , not being held down by so great a power of resistance , rises as vapour at a lower temperature than 212 ° . This change of phenomena does not indicate a change in the constitution of the water , but only a ...
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... we acted so He would inflict such pain upon us , and inflicting it . whether it be greater or less . " * " Butler's Analogy , " Part I. , chap . ii . If , then , the reader keep in view that CHAP . I. ] 15 THE NATURAL LAWS .
... we acted so He would inflict such pain upon us , and inflicting it . whether it be greater or less . " * " Butler's Analogy , " Part I. , chap . ii . If , then , the reader keep in view that CHAP . I. ] 15 THE NATURAL LAWS .
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... less labour suffices for the raising of food . Less labour , also , is required to provide habitations and raiment . In the colder latitudes , the earth is more sterile , and the piercing frosts render a thicker covering necessary to ...
... less labour suffices for the raising of food . Less labour , also , is required to provide habitations and raiment . In the colder latitudes , the earth is more sterile , and the piercing frosts render a thicker covering necessary to ...
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... less congenial to sheep and cattle , but more favourable to corn and wine ; and the Frenchman flourishes in health on less of animal food than would be requisite to preserve the Scottish Highlander , in the re- cesses of his mountains ...
... less congenial to sheep and cattle , but more favourable to corn and wine ; and the Frenchman flourishes in health on less of animal food than would be requisite to preserve the Scottish Highlander , in the re- cesses of his mountains ...
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... less muscular energy by this species of food ; but his soil and climate require less laborious exertion to main- tain him in comfort than do those of Britain , Germany , or Russia . : So far , then , the external world appears to be ...
... less muscular energy by this species of food ; but his soil and climate require less laborious exertion to main- tain him in comfort than do those of Britain , Germany , or Russia . : So far , then , the external world appears to be ...
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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.