Things You Ought to Know about Yourself: Or, Sketches of Human Physiology1877 - 104 sivua |
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... matter : it derives its toughness from the former , and from the latter its hardness and durability . In their formation the animal matter is first developed , and the mineral is a subsequent contribution . Young bones are elastic , and ...
... matter : it derives its toughness from the former , and from the latter its hardness and durability . In their formation the animal matter is first developed , and the mineral is a subsequent contribution . Young bones are elastic , and ...
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... matter which fills their cavities , and leaves only a brittle substance known as phos- phate of lime , with a little carbonate - two substances made up of phosphorus , charcoal , lime , and oxygen . The prominent groups of bones which ...
... matter which fills their cavities , and leaves only a brittle substance known as phos- phate of lime , with a little carbonate - two substances made up of phosphorus , charcoal , lime , and oxygen . The prominent groups of bones which ...
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... matter , extremely delicate in struc- ture , and not very well understood . Its surface is composed of grey matter , folded or convoluted , and copiously supplied with blood . Within this grey pulpy substance is a white mass of similar ...
... matter , extremely delicate in struc- ture , and not very well understood . Its surface is composed of grey matter , folded or convoluted , and copiously supplied with blood . Within this grey pulpy substance is a white mass of similar ...
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... matter to break it ; besides which it is so slippery as to escape the force of almost every stroke . The retina is wonderful for the fineness of its network , and its great sensibility to light ; without this delicate film all other ...
... matter to break it ; besides which it is so slippery as to escape the force of almost every stroke . The retina is wonderful for the fineness of its network , and its great sensibility to light ; without this delicate film all other ...
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... matter which are perceived by the eye , except colours ; but at the same time it is very much straitened in its operations as regards number , bulk , and the distance of objects . Our sight seems to supply all these defects , and may be ...
... matter which are perceived by the eye , except colours ; but at the same time it is very much straitened in its operations as regards number , bulk , and the distance of objects . Our sight seems to supply all these defects , and may be ...
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Sivu 98 - For take an example of a dog, and mark what a generosity and courage he will put on when he finds himself maintained by a man, who to him is instead of a God, or melior natura, which courage is manifestly such as that creature, without that confidence, of a better nature than his own could never attain. i io OF ATHEISM. So man, when he resteth and assureth himself upon divine protection and favour, gathereth a force and faith which human nature in itself could not obtain.
Sivu 59 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine; But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me...
Sivu 60 - And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out. So much the rather thou, celestial Light, Shine inward, and the mind through all her powers Irradiate ; there plant eyes, all mist from thence Purge and disperse, that I may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight.
Sivu 97 - They that deny a God destroy man's nobility ; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body ; and if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature.
Sivu 60 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand : When I awake, I am still with thee.
Sivu 97 - God, but those for whom it maketh that there were no God. It appeareth in nothing more, that atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of man, than by this, that atheists will ever be talking of that their opinion,. as if they fainted in it within themselves...
Sivu 98 - Being, whose justice, goodness, wisdom, and veracity, are all concerned in this great point. But among these and other excellent arguments for the immortality of the soul, there is one drawn from the perpetual progress of the soul to its perfection, without a possibility of ever arriving at it...
Sivu 98 - Are such abilities made for no purpose ? A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can never pass : in a few years he has all the endowments he is...
Sivu 13 - Twas a skull Once of ethereal spirit full. This narrow cell was Life's retreat, This space was Thought's mysterious seat. What beauteous visions filled this spot, What dreams of pleasure long forgot? Nor hope, nor joy, nor love, nor fear, Have left one trace of record here.