The Westminster Review, Volume 156Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1901 - Literature, Modern |
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... get rid of this evil for ever . There is no need here to enter fully into the question of how far tuberculosis in cattle does injury to the human race . Every one VOL . 156.-No. 1 . A who is in the least interested in the matter knows.
... get rid of this evil for ever . There is no need here to enter fully into the question of how far tuberculosis in cattle does injury to the human race . Every one VOL . 156.-No. 1 . A who is in the least interested in the matter knows.
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... of criminal protoplasm in the embryo , so that the race would soon become extinct . LIONEL ASHBURNER , Late Police Commissioner , Northern Division , Bombay . A PLEA FOR POSTERITY . " THERE is a destiny 1901 . 25 Criminal Reform .
... of criminal protoplasm in the embryo , so that the race would soon become extinct . LIONEL ASHBURNER , Late Police Commissioner , Northern Division , Bombay . A PLEA FOR POSTERITY . " THERE is a destiny 1901 . 25 Criminal Reform .
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... race were they generally acknow- ledged and acted upon . During the historic ages of the world man has always , in some measure , recognised the laws of heredity . In the ancient Mosaic law we read : " The sins of the fathers shall be ...
... race were they generally acknow- ledged and acted upon . During the historic ages of the world man has always , in some measure , recognised the laws of heredity . In the ancient Mosaic law we read : " The sins of the fathers shall be ...
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... race , should no check be brought to bear upon them . Of all the afflictions to which man is subject insanity in its diverse phases is without question the saddest and the gravest , the most degrading and far reaching in its ...
... race , should no check be brought to bear upon them . Of all the afflictions to which man is subject insanity in its diverse phases is without question the saddest and the gravest , the most degrading and far reaching in its ...
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... race , however , lies in the fact that the great majority of inebriates need no incentive to acquire the habit ; they are born with the tendency , and it is to this cause chiefly that we must ascribe the increase in the number of deaths ...
... race , however , lies in the fact that the great majority of inebriates need no incentive to acquire the habit ; they are born with the tendency , and it is to this cause chiefly that we must ascribe the increase in the number of deaths ...
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Page 476 - They err, who count it glorious to subdue By conquest far and wide, to overrun Large countries, and in field great battles win, Great cities by assault: what do these worthies, But rob, and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave Peaceable nations...
Page 338 - That to the faithful herdman's art belongs! What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed...
Page 263 - Is true Freedom but to break Fetters for our own dear sake, And, with leathern hearts, forget That we owe mankind a debt? No! true freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And, with heart and hand, to be Earnest to make others free!
Page 212 - The white people had now found our country. Tidings were carried back and more came amongst us. Yet, we did not fear them. We took them to be friends. They called us brothers. We believed them and gave them a larger seat. At length, their numbers had greatly increased. They wanted more land; they wanted our country. Our eyes were opened and our minds became uneasy.
Page 524 - is the key of heaven and of hell; a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.
Page 141 - In 1678 they again resolved, in fuller language, "that all aids and supplies, and aids to His Majesty in parliament, are the sole gift of the commons; and all bills for the granting of any such aids or supplies ought to begin with the commons; and that it is the undoubted and sole right...
Page 57 - Renowned for their deeds as far from home, For Christian service and true chivalry, As is the sepulchre in stubborn Jewry Of the world's ransom, blessed Mary's Son, This land of such dear souls, this dear dear land, • Dear for her reputation through the world...
Page 258 - Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften into flesh, a marble face ; Plead better at the bar ; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise. But Rome ! 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, To rule mankind, and make the world obey. Disposing peace and war, thy own majestic way : To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free: — These are imperial arts and worthy thee.
Page 259 - that the sanctity of life in the hill villages of Afghanistan, among the winter snows, is as inviolable in the eye of Almighty God as can be your own. Remember that He who has united you as human beings in the same flesh and blood, has bound you by the law of mutual love ; that that mutual love is not limited by the shores of this island, is not limited by the boundaries of Christian civilisation ; that it passes over the whole surface of the earth, and embraces the meanest along with the greatest...
Page 670 - All we have willed or hoped or dreamed of good shall exist; Not its semblance, but itself; no beauty, nor good, nor power "Whose voice has gone forth, but each survives for the melodist When eternity affirms the conception of an hour.