The Constitution of Man in Relation to the Natural Laws |
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... attended with its own good , and dis- obedience with its own evil , consequences Their harmony with the constitution of Man 13 15 16 17 18 18 Their benevolence Mere knowledge of the Natural Laws insufficient to ensure their observance ...
... attended with its own good , and dis- obedience with its own evil , consequences Their harmony with the constitution of Man 13 15 16 17 18 18 Their benevolence Mere knowledge of the Natural Laws insufficient to ensure their observance ...
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... attended to ; as it must be in all depart- ments of science . If water be carried to the top of a moun- tain 10,000 feet high , it will boil at a far lower temperature than 212 ° ; but this also takes place according to fixed and ...
... attended to ; as it must be in all depart- ments of science . If water be carried to the top of a moun- tain 10,000 feet high , it will boil at a far lower temperature than 212 ° ; but this also takes place according to fixed and ...
Page 14
... attended to in fixing the boiling point of water on thermometers . Water boils at 212 ° only when the pressure of the atmosphere is equi- valent to a column of 29.92 inches of mercury . " The pressure of the atmosphere will be greatest ...
... attended to in fixing the boiling point of water on thermometers . Water boils at 212 ° only when the pressure of the atmosphere is equi- valent to a column of 29.92 inches of mercury . " The pressure of the atmosphere will be greatest ...
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... attend to these gases , so as to place the lungs in circumstances to inhale the pure and wholesome , and to avoid the deleterious air . Hence , although this constitu- tion and relationship of things are constant and invariable , human ...
... attend to these gases , so as to place the lungs in circumstances to inhale the pure and wholesome , and to avoid the deleterious air . Hence , although this constitu- tion and relationship of things are constant and invariable , human ...
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... attending to the natural laws : viz . , 1st , That they are independent of cach other ; 2dly , That obedience to each of them is at- tended with its own good , and disobedience with its own evil consequences ; 3dly , That they are ...
... attending to the natural laws : viz . , 1st , That they are independent of cach other ; 2dly , That obedience to each of them is at- tended with its own good , and disobedience with its own evil consequences ; 3dly , That they are ...
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according action activity adapted animal faculties animal propensities appears arranged ascer benevolence bestowed body brain Cassell's causes cloth condition conduct consequences constitution creation Creator death desire discover disease Divine duty effects enjoy enjoyment evil exercise existence external objects feelings GEORGE COMBE gilt gratification happiness harmony higher sentiments ignorance Illustrated improvement individual inflict infringement instance institutions intellectual faculties intellectual laws intelligent intuitive knowledge JULIAN HAWTHORNE knowledge labour laws of nature live lower animals mankind marriage ment mind misery moral and intellectual moral law moral sentiments nations natural laws natural philosophy neglect obedience obey observation offender offspring operation organic laws organised pain parents perceive persons philosophy Phrenology physical laws pleasure possess practical present principle propen punishment qualities race regard relations religion render ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON selfish ship society suffering supremacy T. P. O'CONNOR tion transmitted vessels of wrath views vigour Vols W. W. GREENER
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Page 15 - ... also rewards and punishes actions. If, for example, the pain which we feel, upon doing what tends to the destruction of our bodies, suppose upon too near approaches to fire, or upon wounding ourselves, be appointed by the Author of nature to prevent our doing what thus tends to our destruction, this is altogether as much an instance of his punishing our actions, and consequently of our being under his government, as declaring by a voice from heaven that if we acted so, he would inflict such pain...
Page 15 - Nature's acting upon us every moment which we feel it, or to his having at once contrived and executed his own part in the plan of the world, makes no alteration as to the matter before us.
Page 104 - They say nay in a word, but they do so in deed ; for to the one they will gladly give a stipend of two hundred crowns by the year, and loth to offer to the other two hundred shillings. God that sitteth in heaven laugheth their choice to scorn, and rewardeth their liberality as it should. For he suffereth...
Page 212 - Never, perhaps, was witnessed a finer scene than on the deck of my little ship, when all hope of life had left us. Noble as the character of the British sailor is always allowed to be in cases of danger, yet I did not believe it to be possible that amongst forty-one persons not one repining word should have been uttered.