The Constitution of Man Considered in Relation to External Objects |
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... suffer dissolution , all which processes characterize vegetables and animals . The organic laws are superior to the merely physical . For example , a living man , or animal , may be placed in an oven , along with the carcass of a dead ...
... suffer dissolution , all which processes characterize vegetables and animals . The organic laws are superior to the merely physical . For example , a living man , or animal , may be placed in an oven , along with the carcass of a dead ...
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... suffer- ing ; and it is advantageous to them to have their mortal life extinguished at once by drowning , thereby withdrawing them from further agony . In like manner , if a man in the vigour of life , so far infringe any organic law as ...
... suffer- ing ; and it is advantageous to them to have their mortal life extinguished at once by drowning , thereby withdrawing them from further agony . In like manner , if a man in the vigour of life , so far infringe any organic law as ...
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... suffer- ing for their exclusive object , is clearly untena- ble ; for this would be ascribing malevolence to the Deity . As , however the existence of pain is undeniable , it is equally impossible to believe that the world is arranged ...
... suffer- ing for their exclusive object , is clearly untena- ble ; for this would be ascribing malevolence to the Deity . As , however the existence of pain is undeniable , it is equally impossible to believe that the world is arranged ...
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... suffer the first penalty ; while the lower orders are oppress- ed with toil , and undergo the second . The pen- alties serve to provide motives for obedience to the law , and whenever it is recognised , and the consequences are ...
... suffer the first penalty ; while the lower orders are oppress- ed with toil , and undergo the second . The pen- alties serve to provide motives for obedience to the law , and whenever it is recognised , and the consequences are ...
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... suffer the first penalty ; while the lower orders are oppress- ed with toil , and undergo the second . The pen- alties serve to provide motives for obedience to the law , and whenever it is recognised , and the consequences are ...
... suffer the first penalty ; while the lower orders are oppress- ed with toil , and undergo the second . The pen- alties serve to provide motives for obedience to the law , and whenever it is recognised , and the consequences are ...
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