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... course of conduct does or does not do physical harm is the safest test by which to try the question whether it is moral or no . If it does no harm to the body we ought to be very chary of calling it immoral , while if it tends towards ...
... course of conduct does or does not do physical harm is the safest test by which to try the question whether it is moral or no . If it does no harm to the body we ought to be very chary of calling it immoral , while if it tends towards ...
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... course of ages we shall find ourselves the inferior race . Inferior in power , inferior in that moral quality of self - control , we shall look up to them as the acme of all that the best and wisest man can ever dare to aim at . No evil ...
... course of ages we shall find ourselves the inferior race . Inferior in power , inferior in that moral quality of self - control , we shall look up to them as the acme of all that the best and wisest man can ever dare to aim at . No evil ...
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... course . This was Life and Habit . [ 1877. ] 2. The re - introduction of teleology into organic life which , to me , seems hardly ( if at all ) less important than the Life and Habit theory . This was Evolution Old and New . [ 1879. ] 3 ...
... course . This was Life and Habit . [ 1877. ] 2. The re - introduction of teleology into organic life which , to me , seems hardly ( if at all ) less important than the Life and Habit theory . This was Evolution Old and New . [ 1879. ] 3 ...
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... course as nearly like that of the parents as changed surroundings will allow . For , according to my Life and Habit theory , everything in connection with embryonic development is referred to memory , and this involves that the thing ...
... course as nearly like that of the parents as changed surroundings will allow . For , according to my Life and Habit theory , everything in connection with embryonic development is referred to memory , and this involves that the thing ...
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... course of its ulterior existence are likely to flow into it . If there is too serious a discord between inner and outer rhythms the organism dies . Atoms and Fixed Laws When people talk of atoms obeying fixed laws , they are either ...
... course of its ulterior existence are likely to flow into it . If there is too serious a discord between inner and outer rhythms the organism dies . Atoms and Fixed Laws When people talk of atoms obeying fixed laws , they are either ...
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Page 203 - Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets; She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying. How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
Page 203 - All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
Page 27 - OUT of the deep have I called unto thee, O LORD ; LORD, hear my voice. 0 let thine ears consider well the voice of my complaint. If thou, LORD, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss; O LORD, who may abide it ? For there is mercy with thee: therefore shalt thou be feared.
Page 162 - What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached...
Page 214 - Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed ; Teach me to die, that so I may Rise glorious at the awful day.
Page 264 - Hey, Diddle, Diddle, The cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed To see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon.
Page 60 - In the moral government of the world, it seems evidently necessary, that the sins of the fathers should be visited upon the children...
Page 220 - The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
Page 393 - if ever there was a sober creetur to be got at eighteen pence a day for working people, and three and six for gentlefolks - night watching,"' said Mrs Gamp with emphasis, '"being a extra charge - you are that inwallable person.
Page 217 - AN APOLOGY FOR THE DEVIL It must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.