Essay on Instinct, and Its Physical and Moral RelationsW. Phillips, 1824 - 551 pages |
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... earth and its productions . He is distin- guished also by the restless and insatiable desire of knowledge , the capacity to attain it , and the power to perpetuate it from one generation to another . But , notwithstanding so wide a ...
... earth and its productions . He is distin- guished also by the restless and insatiable desire of knowledge , the capacity to attain it , and the power to perpetuate it from one generation to another . But , notwithstanding so wide a ...
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... earth where the whole vegetable crop may not be reaped . Those plants which are rejected by one , are a deli- cacy to another ; and even among the finny tribes contribute to their fatness . The hog devours the horse - tail and henbane ...
... earth where the whole vegetable crop may not be reaped . Those plants which are rejected by one , are a deli- cacy to another ; and even among the finny tribes contribute to their fatness . The hog devours the horse - tail and henbane ...
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... earth . They neither sow nor reap . Their comparative riches con- sist in the number of rein - deer . Their chief nourish- ment is derived from the flesh and milk of these ani- mals ; with the milk also they make cheese ; the skin ...
... earth . They neither sow nor reap . Their comparative riches con- sist in the number of rein - deer . Their chief nourish- ment is derived from the flesh and milk of these ani- mals ; with the milk also they make cheese ; the skin ...
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... earth - these were his gifts for the purposes of life . His stomach is long , and much curved ; its friction and his hunger , therefore , must be fearful . The cavities of the heart are longer and broader than in man , the parietès ...
... earth - these were his gifts for the purposes of life . His stomach is long , and much curved ; its friction and his hunger , therefore , must be fearful . The cavities of the heart are longer and broader than in man , the parietès ...
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... earth- worm . This singular animal , therefore , may be less unfortunate than he seems . He loves warmth and the quiet of sleep ; when he wants warmth he sleeps ; and as if lying down were painful to him , he fastens himself to a bough ...
... earth- worm . This singular animal , therefore , may be less unfortunate than he seems . He loves warmth and the quiet of sleep ; when he wants warmth he sleeps ; and as if lying down were painful to him , he fastens himself to a bough ...
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Page 478 - Let no man deceive himself . If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Page 479 - Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you ? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Page 4 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 462 - For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness : for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.
Page 478 - And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God, for I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Page 544 - Not a flower But shows some touch, in freckle, streak, or stain, Of his unrivalled pencil, He' inspires Their balmy odours, and imparts their hues, And bathes their eyes with nectar, and includes, In grains as countless as the sea-side sands, The forms, with which he sprinkles all the earth.
Page 256 - Let us then suppose the mind to be, as we say, white paper, void of all characters, without any ideas; how comes it to be furnished? Whence comes it by that vast store, which the busy and boundless fancy of man has painted on it with an almost endless variety? Whence has it all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer, in one word, from EXPERIENCE...
Page 164 - Who taught the nations of the field and wood To shun their poison, and to choose their food ? Prescient, the tides or tempests to withstand, Build on the wave, or arch beneath the sand?
Page 192 - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That he who made it, and reveal'd its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.
Page 511 - Reason is natural revelation, whereby the eternal Father of light, and Fountain of all knowledge, communicates to mankind that portion of truth which he has laid within the reach of their natural faculties. Revelation is natural reason enlarged by a new set of discoveries, communicated by God immediately, which reason vouches the truth of, by the testimony and proofs it gives, that they come from God.