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Page iii
... manner , a method , of dealing with things that really deserve to be considered advanced . This is Samuel Butler's claim on posterity . The urgently intelligent son of a dull English clergyman , he certainly did not lack incentives to ...
... manner , a method , of dealing with things that really deserve to be considered advanced . This is Samuel Butler's claim on posterity . The urgently intelligent son of a dull English clergyman , he certainly did not lack incentives to ...
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... manner . But , again , one cannot have everything . " Men's work we have , " quoth one , " but we want them- Them palpable to touch and clear to view . " Is it so nothing , then , to have the gem But we must cry to have the setting too ...
... manner . But , again , one cannot have everything . " Men's work we have , " quoth one , " but we want them- Them palpable to touch and clear to view . " Is it so nothing , then , to have the gem But we must cry to have the setting too ...
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... manner in which organisms have been developed . The ligaments which bind the tendons of our feet or the valves of our blood vessels are the ingenious enterprises of individual cells who saw a want , felt that they could supply it , and ...
... manner in which organisms have been developed . The ligaments which bind the tendons of our feet or the valves of our blood vessels are the ingenious enterprises of individual cells who saw a want , felt that they could supply it , and ...
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... manner his purpose can be achieved , and who can contrive ( or find ready - made and fetch and employ ) the tool which shall achieve it . Strictly speaking , nothing is a tool unless during actual use . Nevertheless , if a thing has ...
... manner his purpose can be achieved , and who can contrive ( or find ready - made and fetch and employ ) the tool which shall achieve it . Strictly speaking , nothing is a tool unless during actual use . Nevertheless , if a thing has ...
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... manner , a morality in immorality . For there will be an element of habitual and legitimate cus- tom even in the most unhabitual and detestable things that can be done at all . Cannibalism Morality is the custom of one's country and the ...
... manner , a morality in immorality . For there will be an element of habitual and legitimate cus- tom even in the most unhabitual and detestable things that can be done at all . Cannibalism Morality is the custom of one's country and the ...
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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.