Lay Sermons, Addresses, and ReviewsD. Appleton, 1874 - 378 pages |
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... organisms . Of these , some , such as men , horses , birds , fishes , snails , slugs , oysters , corals , and sponges , are not in the least like the lobster . But other animals , though they may differ a good deal from the lobster ...
... organisms . Of these , some , such as men , horses , birds , fishes , snails , slugs , oysters , corals , and sponges , are not in the least like the lobster . But other animals , though they may differ a good deal from the lobster ...
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... organisms has not come under consideration . Morpho- logy and distribution might be studied almost as well , if animals and plants were a peculiar kind of crystals , and possessed none of those functions which distinguish living beings ...
... organisms has not come under consideration . Morpho- logy and distribution might be studied almost as well , if animals and plants were a peculiar kind of crystals , and possessed none of those functions which distinguish living beings ...
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... organism of this humble animal , whose study would not lead us into regions of thought as large as those which I have briefly opened up to you ; but what I have been saying , I trust , has not only enabled you to form a conception of ...
... organism of this humble animal , whose study would not lead us into regions of thought as large as those which I have briefly opened up to you ; but what I have been saying , I trust , has not only enabled you to form a conception of ...
Page 119
... too long a succession of organisms , will lose all its effect in protecting the young against the intellectual epidemics to which they are exposed . VII . ON THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF LIFE.1 In order VI . ] 119 ON THE STUDY OF ZOOLOGY .
... too long a succession of organisms , will lose all its effect in protecting the young against the intellectual epidemics to which they are exposed . VII . ON THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF LIFE.1 In order VI . ] 119 ON THE STUDY OF ZOOLOGY .
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... organism , is not easily forgotten by one who has watched its display , continued hour after hour , without pause or sign of weakening . The possible complexity of many other organic forms , seemingly as simple as the protoplasm of the ...
... organism , is not easily forgotten by one who has watched its display , continued hour after hour , without pause or sign of weakening . The possible complexity of many other organic forms , seemingly as simple as the protoplasm of the ...
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Page 32 - The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, just, and patient. But also we know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance.
Page 35 - ... her operations ; one who, no stunted ascetic, is full of life and fire, but whose passions are trained to come to heel by a vigorous will, the servant of a tender conscience; who has learned to love all beauty, whether of nature or of art, to hate all vileness, and to respect others as himself. Such an one and no other, I conceive, has had a liberal education ; for he is, as completely as a man can be, in harmony with nature. He will make the best of her, and she of him. They will get on together...
Page 145 - If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask, Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact and existence? No. Commit it then to the flames: for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.
Page 146 - In itself it is of little moment whether we express the phenomena of matter in terms of spirit, or the phenomena of spirit in terms of matter ; matter may be regarded as a form of thought, thought may be regarded as a property of matter — each statement has a certain relative truth. But with a view to the progress of science, the materialistic terminology is in every way to be preferred.
Page 32 - Anything which professes to call itself education must be tried by this standard, and if it fails to stand the test, I will not call it education, whatever may be the force of authority, or of numbers, upon the other side. It is important to remember that, in strictness, there is no such thing as an uneducated man. Take an extreme case. Suppose that an adult man, in the full...
Page 249 - Mathematics may be compared to a mill of exquisite workmanship, which grinds you stuff of any degree of fineness ; but, nevertheless, what you get out depends on what you put in ; and as the grandest mill in the world will not extract wheat-flour from peascods, so pages of formulae will not get a definite result out of loose data.
Page 34 - And a liberal education is an artificial education which has not only prepared a man to escape the great evils of disobedience to natural laws, but has trained him to appreciate and to seize upon the rewards, which Nature scatters with as free a hand as her penalties.