Essay on instinct, and its physical and moral relations1824 |
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13. oldal
... suppose that the animals actually foresee what is to happen , because , at first , they have not had even the aid of experience ; and particularly in some of the insect tribes the parents are dead , before the young are produced . Pure ...
... suppose that the animals actually foresee what is to happen , because , at first , they have not had even the aid of experience ; and particularly in some of the insect tribes the parents are dead , before the young are produced . Pure ...
40. oldal
... suppose that these actions are not entirely under their own direction ; but , as all are perfect in their kinds , and all conspire , ( every indi- vidual in its limited sphere ) with astonishing , unerring precision , to one great end ...
... suppose that these actions are not entirely under their own direction ; but , as all are perfect in their kinds , and all conspire , ( every indi- vidual in its limited sphere ) with astonishing , unerring precision , to one great end ...
43. oldal
... suppose , " says Dr. Reid , " that the infant knows any thing about the chemical or the mechanical theory of this important vital function ; yet he breathes as soon as he is born with perfect re- gularity , as if he had been taught ...
... suppose , " says Dr. Reid , " that the infant knows any thing about the chemical or the mechanical theory of this important vital function ; yet he breathes as soon as he is born with perfect re- gularity , as if he had been taught ...
48. oldal
... suppose that it acts in the first instance on mechanical or on vital powers . But , one would think , it was now sufficiently settled , that none of the acts of any living organised being can be explained on purely mechanical principles ...
... suppose that it acts in the first instance on mechanical or on vital powers . But , one would think , it was now sufficiently settled , that none of the acts of any living organised being can be explained on purely mechanical principles ...
71. oldal
... suppose to be naturally dull and stupid , in regard to their power of outward observation , -should each be able to transport itself through a strange country to a considerable distance , and to reach some known spot , with scarcely any ...
... suppose to be naturally dull and stupid , in regard to their power of outward observation , -should each be able to transport itself through a strange country to a considerable distance , and to reach some known spot , with scarcely any ...
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166. oldal - Lives thro' all life, extends thro' all extent ; Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect, in vile Man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
480. oldal - Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
481. oldal - Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you ? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
6. oldal - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
548. oldal - Not a flower But shows some touch, in freckle, streak, or stain, Of his unrivall'd pencil. He inspires Their balmy odours, and imparts their hues, And bathes their eyes with nectar, and includes, In grains as countless as the seaside sands, The forms with which he sprinkles all the earth.
480. oldal - And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God, for I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
543. oldal - What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?" They say unto him, " The son of David." He saith unto them, " How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool ? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
480. oldal - Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
166. oldal - Who taught the nations of the field and wood To shun their poison, and to choose their food ? Prescient, the tides or tempests to withstand, Build on the wave, or arch beneath the sand?
194. oldal - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That he who made it, and reveal'd its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.