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... mind grew weary and the brain dizzy at the survey of the insulated objects exposed to view . Well , so hasty a conception is really untenable , however frequent among persons of inadequate knowledge . Some excuse may VOL . V. B And ...
... mind grew weary and the brain dizzy at the survey of the insulated objects exposed to view . Well , so hasty a conception is really untenable , however frequent among persons of inadequate knowledge . Some excuse may VOL . V. B And ...
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... minds of the unscientific many ; and even well - informed persons have felt dissatisfied . One of our own members of Parliament , I remember , at a recent Social Science meeting , was opposed to the admission of natural science into ...
... minds of the unscientific many ; and even well - informed persons have felt dissatisfied . One of our own members of Parliament , I remember , at a recent Social Science meeting , was opposed to the admission of natural science into ...
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... mind ! " But in his maturer years he told one of his friends that he reverted to this sentiment with a strong compunction . We map out nature and her phenomena into many sections ; and the separate investigations in the several fields ...
... mind ! " But in his maturer years he told one of his friends that he reverted to this sentiment with a strong compunction . We map out nature and her phenomena into many sections ; and the separate investigations in the several fields ...
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... minds to reduce all imaginable diversities to one principle . Among the many constituents of the famous culture of the classic nations physical science has no place . Rome , as in most of her mental work , was content to follow Greece ...
... minds to reduce all imaginable diversities to one principle . Among the many constituents of the famous culture of the classic nations physical science has no place . Rome , as in most of her mental work , was content to follow Greece ...
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... minds and judgments of scholars ) , suggested method and arrangement at once , and produced warmth and life in studies which seemed hopelessly dull and dry . And so this great Eastern language has invigorated all languages more or less ...
... minds and judgments of scholars ) , suggested method and arrangement at once , and produced warmth and life in studies which seemed hopelessly dull and dry . And so this great Eastern language has invigorated all languages more or less ...
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Página 292 - They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded.
Página 433 - Society requires not only that the passions of individuals should be subjected, but that even in the mass and body as well as in the ' • * individuals, the inclinations of men should frequently be thwarted, their will controlled, and their passions brought into subjection.
Página 326 - When we reflect on this struggle, we may console ourselves with the full belief, that the war of nature is not incessant, that no fear is felt, that death is generally prompt, and that the vigorous, the healthy, and the happy survive and multiply.
Página 430 - ... absolute freedom of opinion and sentiment on all subjects, practical or speculative, scientific, moral, or theological.
Página 442 - O FRIEND ! I know not which way I must look For comfort, being, as I am, opprest, To think that now our life is only drest For show ; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, Or groom ! We must run glittering like a brook In the open sunshine, or we are unblest : The wealthiest man among us is the best : No grandeur now in nature or in book Delights us.
Página 442 - For show ; mean handy-work of craftsman, cook, Or groom ! We must run glittering like a brook In the open sunshine, or we are unblest : The wealthiest man among us is the best : No grandeur now in nature or in book Delights us. Rapine, avarice, expense, This is idolatry ; and these we adore : Plain living and high thinking are no more : The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone ; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws...
Página 432 - Because extremes, as we all know, in every point which relates either to our duties or satisfactions in life, are destructive both to virtue and enjoyment. Liberty too must be limited in order to be possessed.
Página 104 - ... pulpit, words will not easily describe him. His delivery, though unconstrained, was not negligent; and, though forcible, was not turbulent ; disdaining anxious nicety of emphasis and laboured artifice of action, it captivated the hearer by its natural dignity, it roused the sluggish, and fixed the volatile, and detained the mind upon the subject without directing it to the speaker.
Página 43 - And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight.
Página 380 - High actions, and high passions best describing: Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democracy, Shook the Arsenal and fulmined over Greece, To Macedon, and Artaxerxes...