The Prolongation of lifePutnam, 1908 - 343 pages |
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... anthropoid apes . - Their muscular strength . Their expression of fear . - The awakening of latent instincts of man under the influence of fear . 191 III SOMNAMBULISM AND HYSTERIA AS MENTAL RELICS . Fear as the primary cause of hysteria ...
... anthropoid apes . - Their muscular strength . Their expression of fear . - The awakening of latent instincts of man under the influence of fear . 191 III SOMNAMBULISM AND HYSTERIA AS MENTAL RELICS . Fear as the primary cause of hysteria ...
Page 184
... anthropoid had been suddenly transformed to a primitive human being . It is true that so long as we have little palæontolo- gical evidence as to the actual descent of man , we cannot discuss the subject without the aid of hypotheses . I ...
... anthropoid had been suddenly transformed to a primitive human being . It is true that so long as we have little palæontolo- gical evidence as to the actual descent of man , we cannot discuss the subject without the aid of hypotheses . I ...
Page 185
... anthropoid apes , or that he differs from them in several characters of the skeleton and of many other organs . The differences , however , do not justify any radical separation of the two . The unusual length of arm , upon which my ...
... anthropoid apes , or that he differs from them in several characters of the skeleton and of many other organs . The differences , however , do not justify any radical separation of the two . The unusual length of arm , upon which my ...
Page 187
... anthropoids , display reduction in some parts of the organs of sense . The organ of smell , for instance , is much less developed in them than in many other animals . Man has inherited the imperfect condition of this organ , and his ...
... anthropoids , display reduction in some parts of the organs of sense . The organ of smell , for instance , is much less developed in them than in many other animals . Man has inherited the imperfect condition of this organ , and his ...
Page 191
... anthropoid apes show in the clearest way their close relationship with the human race , and suggest that their kinship with our remoter ancestors must be even greater . The anthropoid apes alive to - day are animals inhabit- ing chiefly ...
... anthropoid apes show in the clearest way their close relationship with the human race , and suggest that their kinship with our remoter ancestors must be even greater . The anthropoid apes alive to - day are animals inhabit- ing chiefly ...
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According activity amongst animals anthropoid apes atheroma atrophy bacillus bacteria become birds blood body Bulgarian bacillus cæca cæcum cause cells centenarians century condition degeneration developed died diseases duration Eckermann eggs elephant evil existence extremely facts fæcal matter Faust favourable females fermentation function gland Goethe Goethe's harmful human race hygiene individual insects instance instinct intestinal flora intestinal putrefaction investigation kephir known Kowalevsky lactic acid lactic microbes large intestine larvæ less live longevity macrophags males mammals microbes Moebius morality muscles muscular natural death nerve-cells normal old age organisation organs pain Paris Pasteur Pasteur Institute patient period pessimism pessimistic phagocytes phagocytosis plants poisons problem produced prolonged putrefaction quantities reach regarded relations reproduction result rotifers rudimentary senescence senile sense serums sexual sleep small intestine society soured milk species substances syphilis theory tion tissues vertebrates Werther whilst woman young youth
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Page 298 - Yes, to this thought I hold with firm persistence ; The last result of wisdom stamps it true : He only earns his freedom and existence, Who daily conquers them anew.
Page 136 - NOW king David was old and stricken in years ; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat.
Page 322 - Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven: therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 286 - Two souls, alas ! reside within my breast, And each withdraws from, and repels, its brother. One with tenacious organs holds in love And clinging lust the world in its embraces ; The other strongly sweeps, this dust above, Into the high ancestral spaces.
Page 265 - Werter is but the cry of that dim, rooted pain, under which all thoughtful men of a certain age were languishing: it paints the misery, it passionately utters the complaint; and heart and voice, all over Europe, loudly and at once respond to it.
Page 233 - Therefore I hated life ; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.