INTELLIGENCE IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS1900 |
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... tails still inserted in their burrows . By the expansion of this part of the body , and with the aid of the short reflexed bristles with which they are armed inferiorly , they hold so securely that they can seldom be withdrawn from the ...
... tails still inserted in their burrows . By the expansion of this part of the body , and with the aid of the short reflexed bristles with which they are armed inferiorly , they hold so securely that they can seldom be withdrawn from the ...
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... tails into their burrows with extraordinary rapidity . Situated at the anterior end of the body is the mouth . It is furnished with a little projection , variously called the lobe or lip , which is used for prehension . Behind the mouth ...
... tails into their burrows with extraordinary rapidity . Situated at the anterior end of the body is the mouth . It is furnished with a little projection , variously called the lobe or lip , which is used for prehension . Behind the mouth ...
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... tails fixed in their burrows dragging the stones . inward by the aid of their mouths , stones weighing as much as two ounces often being found in the little heaps , which goes to show how strong these apparently weak creatures are ...
... tails fixed in their burrows dragging the stones . inward by the aid of their mouths , stones weighing as much as two ounces often being found in the little heaps , which goes to show how strong these apparently weak creatures are ...
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... tail being used almost like a trowel . The little heap being formed the worm seemingly avoids , for the sake of safety , the use of its tail , the earthy matter being forced up through the previously deposited soft mass . The mouth of ...
... tail being used almost like a trowel . The little heap being formed the worm seemingly avoids , for the sake of safety , the use of its tail , the earthy matter being forced up through the previously deposited soft mass . The mouth of ...
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... tail , but if you turn him over upon his back you will find a very short one tucked safely under the body . A comparison of our study of this crab with that of the lobster or cray - fish will show that the tail , or , more properly ...
... tail , but if you turn him over upon his back you will find a very short one tucked safely under the body . A comparison of our study of this crab with that of the lobster or cray - fish will show that the tail , or , more properly ...
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Page 428 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath ; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast : for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 428 - Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth...
Page 432 - If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young...
Page 418 - He was delivered for our offences, and raised again for our justification...
Page 423 - But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: so man lieth down, and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Page 417 - For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the first fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
Page 433 - And surely your blood of your lives will I require ; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man.
Page 422 - For in death there is no remembrance of thee : in the grave who shall give thee thanks...
Page 416 - But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the spirit of the Lord" (2 Corinthians 3:13-18, New King James Version).