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... never be taught to hunt like falcons and dogs . Man offers similar appearances . The various modifications to which his body is liable , are known . The manifestations of the mind also vary in different persons , even in whole nations ...
... never be taught to hunt like falcons and dogs . Man offers similar appearances . The various modifications to which his body is liable , are known . The manifestations of the mind also vary in different persons , even in whole nations ...
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... never known it ? How , then , is it possible to believe , that individual impressions , received at a period when the mind is almost inactive , determine the character or the mental capacities of a child for his whole life ? On the ...
... never known it ? How , then , is it possible to believe , that individual impressions , received at a period when the mind is almost inactive , determine the character or the mental capacities of a child for his whole life ? On the ...
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... never intended such men to drink clear water , or to breathe in a pure atmosphere ? " It may be added , that there are diseases of professions , as well as of climates . Shall we maintain , therefore , that there is a spe- cies of man ...
... never intended such men to drink clear water , or to breathe in a pure atmosphere ? " It may be added , that there are diseases of professions , as well as of climates . Shall we maintain , therefore , that there is a spe- cies of man ...
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... never changed . There is certainly no reason to believe that every kind of apple , pear , or other fruit - tree which we see in our gardens , has been the subject of a distinct creation , these varieties being pro duced by degrees . The ...
... never changed . There is certainly no reason to believe that every kind of apple , pear , or other fruit - tree which we see in our gardens , has been the subject of a distinct creation , these varieties being pro duced by degrees . The ...
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... never assigns , without necessity , different causes for similar effects . Small influ- ences , acting constantly , will necessarily produce , in time , conspicuous changes in mankind ; just as a succession of drops of water , falling ...
... never assigns , without necessity , different causes for similar effects . Small influ- ences , acting constantly , will necessarily produce , in time , conspicuous changes in mankind ; just as a succession of drops of water , falling ...
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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.