The Secret of a Clear HeadHardwicke & Bogue, 1879 - 88 pages |
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... experience and fact , food that nourishes the body also warms it . The heating process is not , as was once supposed , worked out by any special organ . Neither the lungs nor the liver form the focus of combustion ; the work is done in ...
... experience and fact , food that nourishes the body also warms it . The heating process is not , as was once supposed , worked out by any special organ . Neither the lungs nor the liver form the focus of combustion ; the work is done in ...
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... experience and observa- tion conduct us ; and the facts now briefly stated explain the reason why . There is no warmth in clothes ; the heat comes from the body itself , generated within , or the surrounding atmosphere , or from ...
... experience and observa- tion conduct us ; and the facts now briefly stated explain the reason why . There is no warmth in clothes ; the heat comes from the body itself , generated within , or the surrounding atmosphere , or from ...
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... experiences , but they possess a high significance , and may stand for typical examples of a large group of actions which are performed unconsciously . The sort of unconsciousness which characterises these acts is made evident by the ...
... experiences , but they possess a high significance , and may stand for typical examples of a large group of actions which are performed unconsciously . The sort of unconsciousness which characterises these acts is made evident by the ...
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... experience is that the will is wont to relegate the control of muscular movements which are habitually performed to the guidance of a sense which , while it cannot originate , is able to repeat combinations of movements to which it has ...
... experience is that the will is wont to relegate the control of muscular movements which are habitually performed to the guidance of a sense which , while it cannot originate , is able to repeat combinations of movements to which it has ...
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... experience would appear to be the dominant principle of habit . Such an expectancy governs the conduct and determines the amount and kind of energy put forth . In the instance of the water - jug , the force brought to bear on the vessel ...
... experience would appear to be the dominant principle of habit . Such an expectancy governs the conduct and determines the amount and kind of energy put forth . In the instance of the water - jug , the force brought to bear on the vessel ...
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