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... hand , it is well known , that many individuals turn out very dif ferent from what they appeared at an earlier period of life . It must therefore be allowed , that the above mentioned opinion is destitute of all support from experience ...
... hand , it is well known , that many individuals turn out very dif ferent from what they appeared at an earlier period of life . It must therefore be allowed , that the above mentioned opinion is destitute of all support from experience ...
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... difficulties , and to modify , in a high de- gree , the effect of external circumstances upon his nature . On the other hand , the argument of anal Man , ogy is not even general ; for several animals , GENERAL VIEW . 21.
... difficulties , and to modify , in a high de- gree , the effect of external circumstances upon his nature . On the other hand , the argument of anal Man , ogy is not even general ; for several animals , GENERAL VIEW . 21.
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... hand , difference of size and form does not prove the existence of several species of man , more than that of several animals which va- ry greatly in this respect . The swine carried from Europe to Cuba acquires double its original ...
... hand , difference of size and form does not prove the existence of several species of man , more than that of several animals which va- ry greatly in this respect . The swine carried from Europe to Cuba acquires double its original ...
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... hand , who reflect on the fu- ture , may be induced to avoid , even from a selfish motive , a union with a person who will be likely to embitter their future days . Even the unthinking must perceive , that the enjoyments of life are ren ...
... hand , who reflect on the fu- ture , may be induced to avoid , even from a selfish motive , a union with a person who will be likely to embitter their future days . Even the unthinking must perceive , that the enjoyments of life are ren ...
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... - criminately , are very different ; but when the races are pure , and all conditions attended to , the nature of the young can be determined before hand . As long as the races of mankind are 5 * LAWS OF HEREDITARY DESCENT . 41.
... - criminately , are very different ; but when the races are pure , and all conditions attended to , the nature of the young can be determined before hand . As long as the races of mankind are 5 * LAWS OF HEREDITARY DESCENT . 41.
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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.