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... influence of his will . Man is introduced on earth apparently helpless and unprovided for , as a homeless stranger ; but the soil on which he treads is endowed with a thousand capabilities of production , which require only to be ...
... influence of his will . Man is introduced on earth apparently helpless and unprovided for , as a homeless stranger ; but the soil on which he treads is endowed with a thousand capabilities of production , which require only to be ...
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... influence . This capa- city of adaptation is a valuable substitute for the power of regulating them by his will . He cannot arrest the sun in its course , so as to avert the wintry storms , and cause perpetual spring to bloom around him ...
... influence . This capa- city of adaptation is a valuable substitute for the power of regulating them by his will . He cannot arrest the sun in its course , so as to avert the wintry storms , and cause perpetual spring to bloom around him ...
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... influences . If the one hypothesis be sound , man must fulfil the natural conditions requisite to the existence of ... influence of organization on the men- tal powers - the great link which connects the moral and In the next place ...
... influences . If the one hypothesis be sound , man must fulfil the natural conditions requisite to the existence of ... influence of organization on the men- tal powers - the great link which connects the moral and In the next place ...
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... influence can be exercised by human cerebral organs which he now possesses , nor bestow on means in improving the size and proportions of the them their functions . Both organs and functions are mental organs . If certain physical ...
... influence can be exercised by human cerebral organs which he now possesses , nor bestow on means in improving the size and proportions of the them their functions . Both organs and functions are mental organs . If certain physical ...
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... influence . The Organic Laws , therefore , mean the established modes according to which all phenomena connected with the production , health , growth , decay , and death , of vegeta- bles and animals , take place . In the case of each ...
... influence . The Organic Laws , therefore , mean the established modes according to which all phenomena connected with the production , health , growth , decay , and death , of vegeta- bles and animals , take place . In the case of each ...
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Page 2 - And the conclusion is, that to allow no more to this superior principle or part of our nature, than to other parts; to let it govern and guide only occasionally in common with the rest, as its turn happens to come, from the temper and circumstances one happens to be in; this is not to act conformably to the constitution of man: neither can any human creature be said to act conformably to his constitution of nature, unless he allows to that superior principle the absolute authority which is due to...
Page 33 - Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden, meeting by chance or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home, and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together. They marry, and discover what nothing but voluntary blindness before had concealed: they wear out life in altercations, and charge nature with cruelty.
Page 74 - As yet, the oldest sailors had not perceived even a threatening in the sky, and were surprised at the extent and hurry of the preparations: but the required measures were not completed, when a more awful hurricane burst upon them than the most experienced had ever braved.
Page 91 - ... of vegetables and animals ; that air is essential to the life of certain animals ; that in certain cases water suffocates and kills them ; that certain juices of plants and certain minerals attack their organs and destroy their life ; and the same of a variety of facts. Now, since these facts, and many similar ones, are constant, regular, and...
Page 1 - ... the relations which the several appetites and passions in the inward frame have to each other, and, above all, the supremacy of reflection or conscience, that we get the idea of the system or constitution of human nature. And from the idea itself it will as fully appear, that this our nature, ie constitution, is adapted to virtue, as from the idea of a watch it appears, that its nature, ie constitution or system, is adapted to measure time.
Page 18 - But, though unable to scan all the cycles either of the moral or natural economy, yet may we recognise such influences at work, as when multiplied and developed to the uttermost, are abundantly capable of regenerating the world. One of the likeliest of these influences is the power of education — to the perfecting of which so many minds are earnestly directed at this moment : and for the general acceptance of which in society, we have a guarantee, in the strongest affections and fondest wishes...
Page 33 - ... of desire, without judgment, without foresight, without inquiry after conformity of opinions, similarity of manners, rectitude of judgment, or purity of sentiment ? " Such is the common process of marriage.
Page 86 - The objection would have weight if our religious addresses were designed to work any alteration on God, either by giving him information of what he did not know, or by exciting affections which he did not possess, or by inducing him to change measures which he had previously formed. But they are only crude and imperfect notions of religion which can suggest such ideas. The change which our devotions are intended to make is upon ourselves, not upon the Almighty.