Things You Ought to Know about Yourself: Or, Sketches of Human Physiology1877 - 104 sivua |
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... organs of hearing , with links connecting them with the cheek bones and the tongue . The sphenoid , a bat - shaped bone , surmounts and combines the whole . The bones overlap and combine with a resistless tenacity . Their saw - like ...
... organs of hearing , with links connecting them with the cheek bones and the tongue . The sphenoid , a bat - shaped bone , surmounts and combines the whole . The bones overlap and combine with a resistless tenacity . Their saw - like ...
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... organs of respiration are found , there we have defence com- bined with elasticity , so that their action of expansion and contraction may work freely , yet safely . The pelvis presents a form remarkable for its strength . The weight of ...
... organs of respiration are found , there we have defence com- bined with elasticity , so that their action of expansion and contraction may work freely , yet safely . The pelvis presents a form remarkable for its strength . The weight of ...
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... organs of breathing , which then give us , in this direct way , the outward signs of mental emotion . Sir Charles Bell says that , " The man was wrong who found fault with nature for not placing a window before the heart , in order to ...
... organs of breathing , which then give us , in this direct way , the outward signs of mental emotion . Sir Charles Bell says that , " The man was wrong who found fault with nature for not placing a window before the heart , in order to ...
Sivu 47
... organ , and supplies the glands with materials for their products : such as tears for the eye , and saliva for the mouth . It also carries the nourishing juices to the kidneys and liver , where they are purified ; and to the lungs ...
... organ , and supplies the glands with materials for their products : such as tears for the eye , and saliva for the mouth . It also carries the nourishing juices to the kidneys and liver , where they are purified ; and to the lungs ...
Sivu 61
... organs affords abundant proof of design and in- telligence . All bodies giving forth sound are in a state of vibration , and produce in the air a series of waves , by which the sound is carried to a great distance . Stand by a pond ...
... organs affords abundant proof of design and in- telligence . All bodies giving forth sound are in a state of vibration , and produce in the air a series of waves , by which the sound is carried to a great distance . Stand by a pond ...
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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.