On the Functions of the Brain and of Each of Its Parts: On the origin of the moral qualities and intellectual faculties of man, and the conditions of their manifestationMarsh, Capen & Lyon, 1835 - Brain |
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... motives and designs of men . It was not in his nature to be either ignorant of , or indifferent to , the doctrines of Gall . Conscious of his own superiority , and eminently proud and selfish , it is not to be supposed that he would ...
... motives and designs of men . It was not in his nature to be either ignorant of , or indifferent to , the doctrines of Gall . Conscious of his own superiority , and eminently proud and selfish , it is not to be supposed that he would ...
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... motives , I turned all my attention to the finding of the means which , in the least possible time , would enable me to accumulate the greatest number of facts . I shall speak of these means , when I treat of the propensities and ...
... motives , I turned all my attention to the finding of the means which , in the least possible time , would enable me to accumulate the greatest number of facts . I shall speak of these means , when I treat of the propensities and ...
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... motive of his determinations . Hence , there are as many philosophies as pretended philosophers ; hence , that vacillation , that uncertainty in our institutions , especially in education and criminal legislation . I will not , then ...
... motive of his determinations . Hence , there are as many philosophies as pretended philosophers ; hence , that vacillation , that uncertainty in our institutions , especially in education and criminal legislation . I will not , then ...
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... motives of our actions , the origin of arts , sciences , and of the different states ; on the perfectibility of the human race , the extent of the sphere of each species , and of each individual , according as they are endowed with ...
... motives of our actions , the origin of arts , sciences , and of the different states ; on the perfectibility of the human race , the extent of the sphere of each species , and of each individual , according as they are endowed with ...
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... motives ; they are suscepti- ble of a certain degree of individual perfectibility ; they even form abstractions ; by means of articulate language , or by gestures , they communicate their ideas , their wants , their projects ; they ...
... motives ; they are suscepti- ble of a certain degree of individual perfectibility ; they even form abstractions ; by means of articulate language , or by gestures , they communicate their ideas , their wants , their projects ; they ...
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Page 214 - All things come alike to all : there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked ; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not : as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Page 214 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Page 213 - Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it but "sin
Page 27 - The Anatomy and Physiology of the Nervous System in general, and of the Brain in particular; with observations upon the possibility of ascertaining several intellectual and moral dispositions of man and animals, by the configuration of their heads,
Page 214 - This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.
Page 212 - Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these ,• Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like ; of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things, shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 213 - But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Page 212 - God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient, being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness ; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity ; whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful...
Page 214 - For man also knoweth not his time : as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare ; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Page 214 - 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.