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... greater or less activity ; -whether some of them may prevail over others ; and , whether the mutual influence of the faculties and their actions may be regulated and well conducted . In this latter signification alone , the answer is ...
... greater or less activity ; -whether some of them may prevail over others ; and , whether the mutual influence of the faculties and their actions may be regulated and well conducted . In this latter signification alone , the answer is ...
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... greater precautions , and proceeds with more slyness , when he approaches the habitations of man , with a view of stealing poultry . A bird , whose nest has been destroyed in a frequented place , conceives the necessity of placing it ...
... greater precautions , and proceeds with more slyness , when he approaches the habitations of man , with a view of stealing poultry . A bird , whose nest has been destroyed in a frequented place , conceives the necessity of placing it ...
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... greater state of perfec- tion than it originally enjoyed ; while others la- ment its progressive degeneracy . The improve- ment or degeneracy of the human race , in regard to a knowledge of the external world , the prac- tice of the ...
... greater state of perfec- tion than it originally enjoyed ; while others la- ment its progressive degeneracy . The improve- ment or degeneracy of the human race , in regard to a knowledge of the external world , the prac- tice of the ...
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... which contribute to the greater or less activity of the powers of the body and of the mind ; and in the second , of their aim and direction . 36 SECTION I. ON THE CONDITIONS OF EXCITEMENT ; OR GENERAL VIEW . 35 Division of education.
... which contribute to the greater or less activity of the powers of the body and of the mind ; and in the second , of their aim and direction . 36 SECTION I. ON THE CONDITIONS OF EXCITEMENT ; OR GENERAL VIEW . 35 Division of education.
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... greater and more permanent influence than any other , which can be introduced with the view of perfect- ing mankind . Let us first consider how other or- ganized beings are improved . Florists , pomologists , and horticulturalists , are ...
... greater and more permanent influence than any other , which can be introduced with the view of perfect- ing mankind . Let us first consider how other or- ganized beings are improved . Florists , pomologists , and horticulturalists , are ...
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Education: Its Elementary Principles, Founded on the Nature of Man Johann Gaspar Spurzheim No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 211 - Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you : but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister ; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant...
Page 41 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain : and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 211 - But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
Page 330 - This Is one of the most ingenious inventions of the age. A cast made of plaster of Paris, the size of the human head, on which the exact location of each of the Phrenological organs...
Page 212 - And he sat down, and called the twelve, and said unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
Page 236 - God, and bind themselves by an oath, not to the commission of any wickedness, but not to be guilty of theft, or robbery, or adultery, never to falsify their word, nor to deny a pledge committed to them, when called upon to return it.
Page 199 - ... and exertions that are requisite to strengthen, the mind. Let us then by being allowed to take the same exercise as boys, not only during infancy, but youth, arrive at perfection of body, that we may know how far the natural superiority of man extends.