The Prolongation of lifePutnam, 1908 - 343 pages |
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... becomes increasingly important . Were orthobiosis , the normal cycle of life , attained by human beings , there still would be room for specialisation of individuals and for differentiation of the functions of individuals in society ...
... becomes increasingly important . Were orthobiosis , the normal cycle of life , attained by human beings , there still would be room for specialisation of individuals and for differentiation of the functions of individuals in society ...
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... , old people who have become incapable of doing useful work are buried alive . In times of famine , the natives of Tierra del Fuego kill and eat the old women before they touch their dogs . B When they were asked why they did this , they.
... , old people who have become incapable of doing useful work are buried alive . In times of famine , the natives of Tierra del Fuego kill and eat the old women before they touch their dogs . B When they were asked why they did this , they.
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... becomes very sad . As they are incapable of performing any useful function in the family or in the village , the old people are regarded as a heavy burden . Although they cannot be got rid of , their death is awaited with eagerness ...
... becomes very sad . As they are incapable of performing any useful function in the family or in the village , the old people are regarded as a heavy burden . Although they cannot be got rid of , their death is awaited with eagerness ...
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... become acquainted had reached an extremely advanced age , having entered upon her 107th year . It is about two years ago that a journalist , Monsieur Flamans , took me to see this Mme . Robineau who lived in a suburb of Paris . I found ...
... become acquainted had reached an extremely advanced age , having entered upon her 107th year . It is about two years ago that a journalist , Monsieur Flamans , took me to see this Mme . Robineau who lived in a suburb of Paris . I found ...
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... become so transparent that one could see the bones , the blood - vessels , and the tendons . Her senses were very feeble ; she could see only with one eye ; taste and smell were extremely rudimentary ; her hear- ing was her best means ...
... become so transparent that one could see the bones , the blood - vessels , and the tendons . Her senses were very feeble ; she could see only with one eye ; taste and smell were extremely rudimentary ; her hear- ing was her best means ...
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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.