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... existence ; and we may also have the broad and pure conceptions which will harmonise and inter- pret these laws , and so furnish us with the philosophy of history . We may view mankind as a sort of skilfully con- trived puppets coming ...
... existence ; and we may also have the broad and pure conceptions which will harmonise and inter- pret these laws , and so furnish us with the philosophy of history . We may view mankind as a sort of skilfully con- trived puppets coming ...
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... existence . It is now admitted , on all hands , that the Bible contains the most authentic records of those early times ; but as it confines its notices to the career of one particular family , and alludes to contemporary families and ...
... existence . It is now admitted , on all hands , that the Bible contains the most authentic records of those early times ; but as it confines its notices to the career of one particular family , and alludes to contemporary families and ...
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... existence than the mere enjoyment of the largest amount of material good - the possession of a per- fect physical civilisation - then there can be no progressive destiny for mankind , and the gyration of the wheel of Time upon a fixed ...
... existence than the mere enjoyment of the largest amount of material good - the possession of a per- fect physical civilisation - then there can be no progressive destiny for mankind , and the gyration of the wheel of Time upon a fixed ...
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... existence . The science of Botany has , however , much higher aims , the chief of which is to extend man's acquaintance with that vast kingdom of nature in which the Creator has most lavishly bestowed gifts that delight us with their ...
... existence . The science of Botany has , however , much higher aims , the chief of which is to extend man's acquaintance with that vast kingdom of nature in which the Creator has most lavishly bestowed gifts that delight us with their ...
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... existence of the national languages . In the great development of humanity , different nations are required to play different parts in the great drama of the history of the world , as individuals are necessary to form a family or a ...
... existence of the national languages . In the great development of humanity , different nations are required to play different parts in the great drama of the history of the world , as individuals are necessary to form a family or a ...
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Página 155 - What is a man, If his chief good and market of his time Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. Sure he that made us with such large discourse, Looking before and after, gave us not That capability and god-like reason To fust in us unus'd.
Página 198 - Necessity is simply this: that, given the motives which are present to an individual's mind, and given likewise the character and disposition of the individual, the manner in which he will act may be unerringly inferred: that if we knew the person thoroughly, and knew all the inducements which are acting upon him, we could foretell his conduct with as much certainty as we can predict any physical event.
Página 176 - CHILD of the sun ! pursue thy rapturous flight. Mingling with her thou lov'st in fields of light; And, where the flowers of paradise unfold, Quaff fragrant nectar from their cups of gold. There shall thy wings, rich as an evening sky Expand and shut with silent...
Página 159 - Lo.! the bright train their radiant wings unfold, With silver fringed, and freckled o'er with gold. On the gay bosom of some fragrant flower, They, idly fluttering, live their little hour ; Their life all pleasure, and their task all play, All spring their age, and sunshine all their day.
Página 163 - They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, And his wonders in the deep.
Página 195 - The relations, indeed, of that science to the science of physiology must never be overlooked or undervalued. It must by no means be forgotten that the laws of mind may be derivative laws resulting from laws of animal life, and that their truth therefore may ultimately depend on physical conditions ; and the influence of physiological states or physiological changes in altering or counteracting the mental successions, is one of the most important departments of psychological study.
Página 72 - The winds and the waves of ocean, Had they a merry chime ? Didst thou hear, from those lofty chambers, The harp and the minstrel's rhyme ?" " The winds and the waves of ocean, They rested quietly, But I heard on the gale a sound of wail, And tears came to mine eye." "And sawest thou on the turrets The King and his royal bride ? And the wave of their crimson mantles ? And the golden crown of pride ? " Led they not forth, in rapture, A beauteous maiden there ? Resplendent as the morning sun, Beaming...
Página 71 - And fain it would stoop downward To the mirrored wave below ; And fain it would soar upward In the evening's crimson glow." " Well have I sesn that castle, That Castle by the Sea, And the moon above it standing, And the mist rise solemnly.
Página 198 - ... the different persons concerned, would hesitate to foretell how all of them would act. Whatever degree of doubt he may in fact feel arises from the uncertainty whether he really knows the circumstances or the character of some one or other of the persons with the degree of accuracy required ; but by no means from thinking that if he did know these things, there could be any uncertainty what the conduct would be. Nor does this full assurance conflict in the smallest degree with what is called...
Página 198 - Any facts are fitted, in themselves, to be a subject of science, which follow one another according to constant laws ; although those laws may not have been discovered, nor even be discoverable by our existing resources.