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... power . Hence the activity of this power of volition produces the great difference between the human and the brute creation . The ideas and the ac- 3 tions tions of brutes are almoft perpetually employed about their prefent. 74 SECT . XI ...
... power . Hence the activity of this power of volition produces the great difference between the human and the brute creation . The ideas and the ac- 3 tions tions of brutes are almoft perpetually employed about their prefent. 74 SECT . XI ...
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Erasmus Darwin. SECT . XIÍ . OF STIMULUS , SENSORIAL EXERTION , AND FIBROUS CONTRACTION . 1. Of fibrous contraction . 1. Two particles of a fibre can- not approach without the intervention of fomething , as in magnetifm , electricity ...
Erasmus Darwin. SECT . XIÍ . OF STIMULUS , SENSORIAL EXERTION , AND FIBROUS CONTRACTION . 1. Of fibrous contraction . 1. Two particles of a fibre can- not approach without the intervention of fomething , as in magnetifm , electricity ...
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abforbent action affociation alfo animal motions appears arteries attended averfion becauſe become birds blood body cafes catenations caufe ceafes chyle circumftance clofed cold colour confequence confifts conftitute defcribed defire difagreeable difeafes diftinguish excited exertion exift external eyes faid fame fecond fecreted feem feen fenfation fenfe of touch fenfibility fenforial power fenforium fenfual motions fevers fhould fibres filk fimilar firft fituation fkin fleep fluid fmall fmell folidity fome fometimes foon fpirit of animation frequently ftate ftill ftimulus ftomach fubject fucceeded fucceeds fuch fuppofed fyftem glands heat hence increaſed inftances inteftines irritative ideas irritative motions lacteals lefs librate lymphatics moft mouth mufcles mufcular motions muft muſcles neceffary neft nerves obferved objects occafioned opium organs of fenfe paffing paffion perception perfon pleaſure or pain poffefs prefent produced reafon refemble refpect retina retrograde motions reverie Sect thefe themfelves theſe thofe thoſe tion torpor ufual veffels vertigo vifion volition voluntary whilft