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... whole , important . Neither do I flatter myself , that the inferences I have drawn will be generally re- ceived ; though I believe them to be founded in Truth . For , some of them seem to be op- posed to great authorities ; but I have ...
... whole , important . Neither do I flatter myself , that the inferences I have drawn will be generally re- ceived ; though I believe them to be founded in Truth . For , some of them seem to be op- posed to great authorities ; but I have ...
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... whole of those powers which elevate man above the brutes , and constitute what is called his rational nature ; more especially , perhaps , his intellectual powers ; and sometimes to express the power of deduction or argu- mentation ...
... whole of those powers which elevate man above the brutes , and constitute what is called his rational nature ; more especially , perhaps , his intellectual powers ; and sometimes to express the power of deduction or argu- mentation ...
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... whole vegetable crop may not be reaped . Those plants which are rejected by one , are a deli- cacy to another ; and even among the finny tribes contribute to their fatness . The hog devours the horse - tail and henbane ; the goat the ...
... whole vegetable crop may not be reaped . Those plants which are rejected by one , are a deli- cacy to another ; and even among the finny tribes contribute to their fatness . The hog devours the horse - tail and henbane ; the goat the ...
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... whole tribes of human beings depend for the supply of all their wants , on one or two species of animals . " The Greenlander , and the Esquimaux of Labrador , placed in a region of almost constant snow and ice , where intense cold ...
... whole tribes of human beings depend for the supply of all their wants , on one or two species of animals . " The Greenlander , and the Esquimaux of Labrador , placed in a region of almost constant snow and ice , where intense cold ...
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... whale kind , the walrus , the manata , and the seal , are rendered buoyant in this dense fluid by a thick stratum of fat laid over the whole body under the skin . From this , which Of the adaptation of structure to climate , & c . 31.
... whale kind , the walrus , the manata , and the seal , are rendered buoyant in this dense fluid by a thick stratum of fat laid over the whole body under the skin . From this , which Of the adaptation of structure to climate , & c . 31.
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Page 166 - Lives thro' all life, extends thro' all extent ; Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect, in vile Man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 480 - Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.
Page 481 - Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you ? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Page 6 - Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have ofttimes no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.
Page 548 - Not a flower But shows some touch, in freckle, streak, or stain, Of his unrivall'd pencil. He inspires Their balmy odours, and imparts their hues, And bathes their eyes with nectar, and includes, In grains as countless as the seaside sands, The forms with which he sprinkles all the earth.
Page 480 - And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God, for I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified.
Page 543 - What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?" They say unto him, " The son of David." He saith unto them, " How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool ? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
Page 480 - Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
Page 166 - Who taught the nations of the field and wood To shun their poison, and to choose their food ? Prescient, the tides or tempests to withstand, Build on the wave, or arch beneath the sand?
Page 194 - Some drill and bore The solid earth, and from the strata there Extract a register, by which we learn That he who made it, and reveal'd its date To Moses, was mistaken in its age.