The Nature of Man: Studies in Optimistic PhilosophyG. P. Putnam's sons, 1905 - 309 pages |
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... interesting habits of which have been studied by Mr. J. H. Fabre , of Avignon . They are not gregarious , but lead solitary lives and differ in their habits from their congeners . Bees feed their larvæ with honey and pollen which they ...
... interesting habits of which have been studied by Mr. J. H. Fabre , of Avignon . They are not gregarious , but lead solitary lives and differ in their habits from their congeners . Bees feed their larvæ with honey and pollen which they ...
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... interesting to us , in what category does he fall ? Is he a being whose nature is in harmony with the conditions in which he has to live , or is he out of harmony with his environment ? A critical examination is needed to answer these ...
... interesting to us , in what category does he fall ? Is he a being whose nature is in harmony with the conditions in which he has to live , or is he out of harmony with his environment ? A critical examination is needed to answer these ...
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... interesting to examine the established facts concerning the embryology of anthropoid apes . The material for these studies is very difficult to obtain , and it is not astonishing that even our present state of know- ledge is still ...
... interesting to examine the established facts concerning the embryology of anthropoid apes . The material for these studies is very difficult to obtain , and it is not astonishing that even our present state of know- ledge is still ...
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... interesting . In one stage of embryonic life nearly the whole of the body is clad with hairs . This covering is known as the lanugo , and consists of strands of hair , dis- posed very regularly all over the body , save on the nose and ...
... interesting . In one stage of embryonic life nearly the whole of the body is clad with hairs . This covering is known as the lanugo , and consists of strands of hair , dis- posed very regularly all over the body , save on the nose and ...
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... interesting from many points of view . I have already referred to its importance as definite evidence of our origin from lower animals , and shown how striking is the resemblance of the human organ to that of the anthropoid apes . It ...
... interesting from many points of view . I have already referred to its importance as definite evidence of our origin from lower animals , and shown how striking is the resemblance of the human organ to that of the anthropoid apes . It ...
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Page 293 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Page 163 - For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
Page 293 - ... then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
Page 162 - LORD empty: every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee.
Page 280 - Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
Page 13 - I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
Page 291 - Evolution is an integration of matter and concomitant dissipation of motion ; during which the matter passes from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity ; and during •which the retained motion undergoes a parallel transformation.
Page 177 - tis not in The harmony of things, — this hard decree, This uneradicable taint of sin, This boundless upas, this all-blasting tree...
Page 84 - Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die...
Page 226 - I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.