The Advance of Woman from the Earliest Times to the PresentJ.B. Lippincott, 1912 - 333 pages |
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... for on the ground , that only the more en- during sex survives the unfortunate ante - natal con- ditions , the tight lacing resorted to by the mother to hide her condition , the unhappy state of her 29 MANKIND'S DUMB PROGENITORS.
... for on the ground , that only the more en- during sex survives the unfortunate ante - natal con- ditions , the tight lacing resorted to by the mother to hide her condition , the unhappy state of her 29 MANKIND'S DUMB PROGENITORS.
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... mother introduces no varia- tions unless she has something definite to gain . This power of selection by the female , in all likelihood , served two ends , " the work of raising the miniature speck of existence , the primordial ...
... mother introduces no varia- tions unless she has something definite to gain . This power of selection by the female , in all likelihood , served two ends , " the work of raising the miniature speck of existence , the primordial ...
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... The male duck does not share the responsibility . The turkey cock is so likely to devour the eggs that the hen has to hide them , and the mothers with their young have to form large groups 47 MANKIND'S DUMB PROGENITORS.
... The male duck does not share the responsibility . The turkey cock is so likely to devour the eggs that the hen has to hide them , and the mothers with their young have to form large groups 47 MANKIND'S DUMB PROGENITORS.
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Jane Johnstone Christie. the mothers with their young have to form large groups to protect them for a time from the old males who would kill them . In the large feline family the same is true , if the mother does not conceal them they ...
Jane Johnstone Christie. the mothers with their young have to form large groups to protect them for a time from the old males who would kill them . In the large feline family the same is true , if the mother does not conceal them they ...
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... mother , rather than the father , till the age of puberty is reached , when the boy , in obedience to that law of inheritance which obtains throughout the organic world , falls heir to those qualities of the male , which develop late in ...
... mother , rather than the father , till the age of puberty is reached , when the boy , in obedience to that law of inheritance which obtains throughout the organic world , falls heir to those qualities of the male , which develop late in ...
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The Advance of Woman: From the Earliest Times, to the Present (Classic Reprint) Jane Johnstone Christie No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 207 - This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not.
Page 316 - And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled ? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts ? Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself : handle me, and see ; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Page 207 - And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them.
Page 326 - For verily I say unto you, that whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea ; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass ; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Page 22 - Noiselessly as the springtime Her crown of verdure weaves, And all the trees on all the hills Open their thousand leaves...
Page 310 - And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. 17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread ? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened ? 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
Page 215 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 323 - Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Page 307 - And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things ; but one thing is needful. And Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Page 102 - And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword. But the women and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself, and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies which the Lord thy God hath given thee.