The Elements of Intellectual PhilosophySheldon & Company, 1854 - 426 oldal |
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... facts in harmony with this assertion . I form an opinion on the subject . In the third case , a man asserts that the sun is so many millions of miles from the earth , and he proves , by testimony , that the observations forming the data ...
... facts in harmony with this assertion . I form an opinion on the subject . In the third case , a man asserts that the sun is so many millions of miles from the earth , and he proves , by testimony , that the observations forming the data ...
37. oldal
... facts . There is a series of physical facts which can be proved by experi- ment to exist . When these terminate there arise knowl- edges of two kinds : the one a simple knowledge , as when I am conscious of a smell or a sound ; the ...
... facts . There is a series of physical facts which can be proved by experi- ment to exist . When these terminate there arise knowl- edges of two kinds : the one a simple knowledge , as when I am conscious of a smell or a sound ; the ...
40. oldal
... fact , which in our present state does not seem to admit of explanation , when carried out to its legitimate results was found to terminate in universal scepticism , and furnish a foundation for consis- tent atheism . Philosophy will ...
... fact , which in our present state does not seem to admit of explanation , when carried out to its legitimate results was found to terminate in universal scepticism , and furnish a foundation for consis- tent atheism . Philosophy will ...
52. oldal
... fact that our ears are separated at some distance from each other , on op- posite sides of the head , and hence a sound must , in many cases , affect the one differently from the other . Persons who have lost the use of one ear much ...
... fact that our ears are separated at some distance from each other , on op- posite sides of the head , and hence a sound must , in many cases , affect the one differently from the other . Persons who have lost the use of one ear much ...
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... fact , is the skin itself ever in absolute contact with the external object . A layer of air always interposes between them . When the hand is thus brought into proximity to an external body , we are immediately made conscious of its ...
... fact , is the skin itself ever in absolute contact with the external object . A layer of air always interposes between them . When the hand is thus brought into proximity to an external body , we are immediately made conscious of its ...
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209. oldal - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge., and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity...
252. 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.
400. oldal - Lay their bulwarks on the brine ; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime. As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene, And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. "Hearts of oak!
368. oldal - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced; no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have...
208. oldal - And in sweet madness robbed it of itself, But such a sacred and home-felt delight, Such sober certainty of waking bliss, I never heard till now.
401. oldal - How soft the music of those village bells, Falling at intervals upon the ear In cadence sweet, now dying all away, Now pealing loud again, and louder still, Clear and sonorous, as the gale comes on ! With easy force it opens all the cells Where Memory slept.
118. oldal - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours: Where are they?
406. oldal - And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so ? 23 Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil : but if well, why smitest thou me?
368. oldal - ... no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery ; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains that burst from around him, and he stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION ! [Here Mr.
43. oldal - Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest; with, such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...