Essay on instinct, and its physical and moral relations1824 |
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... plant a forest in the plain , or disencumber the plain of the shady forest . We can cultivate the barren field , and drain the noisome marsh , or leave it to exhale pernicious effluvia , hurtful to man and beast ; so that the very soil ...
... plant a forest in the plain , or disencumber the plain of the shady forest . We can cultivate the barren field , and drain the noisome marsh , or leave it to exhale pernicious effluvia , hurtful to man and beast ; so that the very soil ...
Page 115
... plant soon appears at a time when the outward air is fitted to cherish its growth , and the juices are propelled ... plants , though perfect in its kind , is , notwithstanding , of a very inferior nature compared with that of animals ...
... plant soon appears at a time when the outward air is fitted to cherish its growth , and the juices are propelled ... plants , though perfect in its kind , is , notwithstanding , of a very inferior nature compared with that of animals ...
Page 116
... plant . The active power is as great a mystery now , as it was ages ago . The manner in which the organization of a plant is excited by outward stimuli is unknown . If we call it irritability to distinguish it from sensation , or the ...
... plant . The active power is as great a mystery now , as it was ages ago . The manner in which the organization of a plant is excited by outward stimuli is unknown . If we call it irritability to distinguish it from sensation , or the ...
Page 117
... plant . If a root be uncovered , and not exposed to much heat , and a wet spunge is placed near it , but in a ... plants make the strongest efforts by inclining , turning , and even twisting their stems and branches , to escape from ...
... plant . If a root be uncovered , and not exposed to much heat , and a wet spunge is placed near it , but in a ... plants make the strongest efforts by inclining , turning , and even twisting their stems and branches , to escape from ...
Page 118
... plant possesses the faculty of motion in an eminent degree . The slightest touch makes its leaves suddenly shrink , and together with the branch , bend down toward the earth . But the hedysarum movens , or moving plant , furnishes one ...
... plant possesses the faculty of motion in an eminent degree . The slightest touch makes its leaves suddenly shrink , and together with the branch , bend down toward the earth . But the hedysarum movens , or moving plant , furnishes one ...
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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.