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... faculty dreaming of a lessening and lessening mathe- matical point , the end of his mind sharpened away to nothing . What happens ? Any sensation that appeals is met by this bril- liant attention , and relieves its diamond glare ; being ...
... faculty dreaming of a lessening and lessening mathe- matical point , the end of his mind sharpened away to nothing . What happens ? Any sensation that appeals is met by this bril- liant attention , and relieves its diamond glare ; being ...
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... faculty which has been noticed by Cuvier , Jerdon , Thompson , Bennet , Houzeau , Bechstein , Lindsay and Darwin . ' 8 Adaptation to circumstances , amenability to educating influences in birds , indicates a high degree of intellectual ...
... faculty which has been noticed by Cuvier , Jerdon , Thompson , Bennet , Houzeau , Bechstein , Lindsay and Darwin . ' 8 Adaptation to circumstances , amenability to educating influences in birds , indicates a high degree of intellectual ...
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... faculty . ' Chastisement is frequently inflicted on the young . ( Dogs and cats also maintain discipline among their progeny . ) There are many proofs of monkeys acting in co - opera- tion . Vanity is apparent . Much the most striking ...
... faculty . ' Chastisement is frequently inflicted on the young . ( Dogs and cats also maintain discipline among their progeny . ) There are many proofs of monkeys acting in co - opera- tion . Vanity is apparent . Much the most striking ...
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... faculty or power which looks upon entities superior to sense , as the eye looks upon the landscape before it . This power or faculty has been designated in various ways . In Sir William Hamilton's catalogue , it is termed Reason ( Ratio ...
... faculty or power which looks upon entities superior to sense , as the eye looks upon the landscape before it . This power or faculty has been designated in various ways . In Sir William Hamilton's catalogue , it is termed Reason ( Ratio ...
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... faculty for knowing funda- mental truth wholly apart from processes of observation and generalisation . Particularly must this be asserted of Reid and the Scottish school . The term Common Sense proves as fruitful a source of error and ...
... faculty for knowing funda- mental truth wholly apart from processes of observation and generalisation . Particularly must this be asserted of Reid and the Scottish school . The term Common Sense proves as fruitful a source of error and ...
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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!