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... observed at different times , has been , that the manifestations of the special powers have been more or less active , modified , and variously em- ployed . The next question is , Whether man , with re- spect to his feelings and ...
... observed at different times , has been , that the manifestations of the special powers have been more or less active , modified , and variously em- ployed . The next question is , Whether man , with re- spect to his feelings and ...
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... observation and induction , has been recently discovered and introduced . It has forwarded every kind of posi- tive knowledge in an astonishing degree . It has , however , been unfortunately neglected in the study of man , and hence his ...
... observation and induction , has been recently discovered and introduced . It has forwarded every kind of posi- tive knowledge in an astonishing degree . It has , however , been unfortunately neglected in the study of man , and hence his ...
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... observed that licentiousness often pre- vails in the most enlightened and refined classes of society ? Who has not observed very limited talents appear in the offspring of men of the greatest genius ? Now the inferences to be drawn from ...
... observed that licentiousness often pre- vails in the most enlightened and refined classes of society ? Who has not observed very limited talents appear in the offspring of men of the greatest genius ? Now the inferences to be drawn from ...
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... observed in children , as soon as they are sus- ceptible of any impression . Children , like adult persons , are differently affected by the same ex- ternal circumstances . Impressions , also , it is to be observed , are more or less ...
... observed in children , as soon as they are sus- ceptible of any impression . Children , like adult persons , are differently affected by the same ex- ternal circumstances . Impressions , also , it is to be observed , are more or less ...
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... observe , and begins to excogitate . The construction of a system of education cannot be a creative but an imitative process , which must be founded only on the lessons of experience . Here , as in the cultivation of every other science ...
... observe , and begins to excogitate . The construction of a system of education cannot be a creative but an imitative process , which must be founded only on the lessons of experience . Here , as in the cultivation of every other science ...
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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.