Discourse delivered on the occasion of the twenty-second anniversary of the N.Y. Academy of Medicine, November 11th, 1869W. Wood & Company, 1870 - 76 páginas |
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... desire for it is pressing . Each day is a complete cycle - life a rep- etition of such cycles . The habits of a day form the habits of a life . However urgent may be the occu- pations , each day presents opportunities for reflec tion ...
... desire for it is pressing . Each day is a complete cycle - life a rep- etition of such cycles . The habits of a day form the habits of a life . However urgent may be the occu- pations , each day presents opportunities for reflec tion ...
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... desire for reputation and wealth incite others to relinquish many social enjoyments in the pursuit of knowledge , many are animated to intense applica- tion in order that there may be conceived in the " womb of the pia mater " some ...
... desire for reputation and wealth incite others to relinquish many social enjoyments in the pursuit of knowledge , many are animated to intense applica- tion in order that there may be conceived in the " womb of the pia mater " some ...
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... desire dissolution as a relief from trouble . Others have a morbid fear of death . The majority of physicians might say with Scott , " By many a death - bed have I been , And many a sinner's parting seen , " and could bear testimony to ...
... desire dissolution as a relief from trouble . Others have a morbid fear of death . The majority of physicians might say with Scott , " By many a death - bed have I been , And many a sinner's parting seen , " and could bear testimony to ...
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Gouverneur Mather Smith. again , in the desire to escape suffering , fear of disso- lution is removed . We seldom encounter scenes of mental horror occasioned by the approach of the king of terrors . It is chiefly while in health or in ...
Gouverneur Mather Smith. again , in the desire to escape suffering , fear of disso- lution is removed . We seldom encounter scenes of mental horror occasioned by the approach of the king of terrors . It is chiefly while in health or in ...
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... desire to attain old age , how true is it , that when life is extended to its utmost con- fine , its strength is " labor and sorrow . " How ap- propriate are the lines of Bryant on the old man's funeral : --- " And I am glad that he has ...
... desire to attain old age , how true is it , that when life is extended to its utmost con- fine , its strength is " labor and sorrow . " How ap- propriate are the lines of Bryant on the old man's funeral : --- " And I am glad that he has ...
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Página 63 - O sleep, O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Página 22 - Would he were fatter ! But I fear him not : Yet if my name were liable to fear, I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much ; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men...
Página 76 - And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Página 76 - There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner, being an hundred years old, shall be accursed.
Página 74 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded; what none hath dared, thou hast done; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised : thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet.
Página 72 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Página 71 - Better to hunt in fields for health unbought Than fee the doctor for a nauseous draught. The wise for cure on exercise depend ; God never made his work for man to mend.
Página 68 - With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws and modern instances ; And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts Into the lean and...
Página 41 - A dungeon horrible on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed ; yet from those flames No light ; but rather darkness visible, Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell ; hope never comes, That comes to all ; but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Página 18 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, ^ That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.