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... evidence of the fact . But , on the other hand , if a lowly organised animal does learn by its own individual experience , we are in pos- session of the best available evidence of conscious memory leading to intentional adaptation ...
... evidence of the fact . But , on the other hand , if a lowly organised animal does learn by its own individual experience , we are in pos- session of the best available evidence of conscious memory leading to intentional adaptation ...
Page 50
... evidence of consciousness and intelligence . They appeared to recognise their keeper after having received food from him . § 6. The most highly developed intelligence among the inver- tebrata is found among the ants , and of their ...
... evidence of consciousness and intelligence . They appeared to recognise their keeper after having received food from him . § 6. The most highly developed intelligence among the inver- tebrata is found among the ants , and of their ...
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... evidence of sympathy , which would be required to make the list of emotions identical ; but sympathy may nevertheless be present.'7 ( See Chap . XXV . § 8. ) Most of the intellectual traits of fish are observed in connection with their ...
... evidence of sympathy , which would be required to make the list of emotions identical ; but sympathy may nevertheless be present.'7 ( See Chap . XXV . § 8. ) Most of the intellectual traits of fish are observed in connection with their ...
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... evidences would seem to indicate æsthetic interest as low down as the Articulata ; but it is only in birds that we ... evidence of considerable docility , or the power of forming novel associations of ideas.'9 ' The rapidity with which ...
... evidences would seem to indicate æsthetic interest as low down as the Articulata ; but it is only in birds that we ... evidence of considerable docility , or the power of forming novel associations of ideas.'9 ' The rapidity with which ...
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... evidences in the lower animals of every variety of perceptive redintegration , with a far greater development of special sense powers in many instances than we find in the human race . There is no evidence of reflection upon their own ...
... evidences in the lower animals of every variety of perceptive redintegration , with a far greater development of special sense powers in many instances than we find in the human race . There is no evidence of reflection upon their own ...
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Page 313 - Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, " I have no pleasure in them...
Page 400 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er, or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean, — This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with nature's charms, and see her stores unrolled.
Page 445 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.
Page 262 - ... as we do from bodies affecting our senses. This source of ideas every man has wholly in himself; and though it be not sense as having nothing to do with external objects, yet it is very like it, and might properly enough be called internal sense.
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Page 489 - The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb...
Page 391 - Heaven forming each on other to depend, A master, or a servant, or a friend, Bids each on other for assistance call, Till one man's weakness grows the strength of all.
Page 318 - When Cheerfulness, a nymph of healthiest hue, Her bow across her shoulder flung, Her buskins gemmed with morning dew, Blew an inspiring air, that dale and thicket rung, The hunter's call to faun and dryad known!