The Popular Science Monthly, 12. köideD. Appleton, 1878 |
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... probably of more advantage to the animal to have his mind filled with pleasing and encouraging visions , independently of their truth ; and thus , upon unpractical subjects , natural selection might occasion a falla- cious tendency of ...
... probably of more advantage to the animal to have his mind filled with pleasing and encouraging visions , independently of their truth ; and thus , upon unpractical subjects , natural selection might occasion a falla- cious tendency of ...
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... probably be , we must confess , of no service to a person whose thought is directed wholly to practical subjects , and whose activity moves along thor- oughly - beaten paths . The problems which present themselves to such a mind are ...
... probably be , we must confess , of no service to a person whose thought is directed wholly to practical subjects , and whose activity moves along thor- oughly - beaten paths . The problems which present themselves to such a mind are ...
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... probably the greatest of the inventors of the steam - engine , he was still but one of the many men who have aided in perfecting it , and who have now made us so familiar with its tremendous power and its facile adaptation to labor ...
... probably the greatest of the inventors of the steam - engine , he was still but one of the many men who have aided in perfecting it , and who have now made us so familiar with its tremendous power and its facile adaptation to labor ...
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... probably resembles his contrivance very closely . Steam is generated in the boiler D , and thence is led into the ves- sel A , already nearly filled with water . It drives the water in a jet out through a pipe , For F " . The vessel A ...
... probably resembles his contrivance very closely . Steam is generated in the boiler D , and thence is led into the ves- sel A , already nearly filled with water . It drives the water in a jet out through a pipe , For F " . The vessel A ...
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... probably as neither they nor any of their pro- genitors ever undertook before . Natural history , in the discussions which have recently shaken . the world , illustrates how difficult , if not impossible , is the task of trying to draw ...
... probably as neither they nor any of their pro- genitors ever undertook before . Natural history , in the discussions which have recently shaken . the world , illustrates how difficult , if not impossible , is the task of trying to draw ...
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Page 215 - It is hardly necessary to add that anything which any insulated body or system of bodies can continue to furnish without limitation cannot possibly be a material substance ; and it appears to me to be extremely difficult, if not quite impossible, to form any distinct idea of anything capable of being excited and communicated in the manner in which heat was excited and communicated in these experiments except it be motion.
Page 656 - If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb...
Page 655 - Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. 28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you : I am the LORD.
Page 642 - And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel. And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days...
Page 643 - And Adoni-bezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me.
Page 442 - MR. ROBERT B. CARTER, MRCS ON THE INFLUENCE OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN PREVENTING DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM.
Page 291 - The essence of belief is the establishment of a habit; and different beliefs are distinguished by the different modes of action to which they give rise.
Page 190 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page 656 - And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps...
Page 574 - Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not...