On the Functions of the Brain and of Each of Its Parts: On the origin of the moral qualities and intellectual faculties of man, and the conditions of their manifestationMarsh, Capen & Lyon, 1835 |
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... forces , moral and intellectual , in man and animals 95 56 96 105 The senses , and the sensations received by external impressions , can- not give truth to any ingenious aptitude , any instinct , propen- sity , sentiment , or talent ...
... forces , moral and intellectual , in man and animals 95 56 96 105 The senses , and the sensations received by external impressions , can- not give truth to any ingenious aptitude , any instinct , propen- sity , sentiment , or talent ...
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... forces of man 149 Influence of wants on the instincts , propensities , and faculties of animals , and of man 150 Can attention give rise to any instinct , faculty , or propensity , what- soever ? .156 Can pleasure and pain produce any ...
... forces of man 149 Influence of wants on the instincts , propensities , and faculties of animals , and of man 150 Can attention give rise to any instinct , faculty , or propensity , what- soever ? .156 Can pleasure and pain produce any ...
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... senses may be imperfect , while others are in full force ; worms are entirely destitute of hearing and sight , but they possess a perfect touch ; the new - born puppy is for several days both blind and deaf , BIOGRAPHY OF DR . GALL . 11.
... senses may be imperfect , while others are in full force ; worms are entirely destitute of hearing and sight , but they possess a perfect touch ; the new - born puppy is for several days both blind and deaf , BIOGRAPHY OF DR . GALL . 11.
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... force . A large number manifested a talent or a taste for subjects not within our assigned course . Some carved and drew well ; some devoted their leisure to painting , or to the cultivation of a small garden , while their comrades were ...
... force . A large number manifested a talent or a taste for subjects not within our assigned course . Some carved and drew well ; some devoted their leisure to painting , or to the cultivation of a small garden , while their comrades were ...
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... forces with the organization , the hope of founding a physiology of the brain , was so powerful an encourage- ment , that I could not but form the resolution to continue my researches , until I had either attained my end , or was ...
... forces with the organization , the hope of founding a physiology of the brain , was so powerful an encourage- ment , that I could not but form the resolution to continue my researches , until I had either attained my end , or was ...
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Page 214 - All things come alike to all : there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked ; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not : as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Page 214 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Page 213 - Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it but "sin
Page 27 - The Anatomy and Physiology of the Nervous System in general, and of the Brain in particular; with observations upon the possibility of ascertaining several intellectual and moral dispositions of man and animals, by the configuration of their heads,
Page 214 - This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Page 212 - Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these ,• Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like ; of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things, shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 213 - But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Page 212 - God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient, being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness ; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity ; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful...
Page 214 - For man also knoweth not his time : as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare ; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Page 214 - All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.