The North American Review, Volume 63Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1846 - American fiction Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 92
Descartes considers all animals inferior to man as mere machines ; a ... This
supposition agrees in the main with the doctrine of Newton and Addison , who
maintain that animals act only as they are immediately moved by their Creator .
Descartes considers all animals inferior to man as mere machines ; a ... This
supposition agrees in the main with the doctrine of Newton and Addison , who
maintain that animals act only as they are immediately moved by their Creator .
Page 94
among which they class the beating of the heart , the peristaltic motion of the
bowels , the secretions in the animal economy ... and some of them , even in
animals after death , may be renewed through the application of a galvanic
battery .
among which they class the beating of the heart , the peristaltic motion of the
bowels , the secretions in the animal economy ... and some of them , even in
animals after death , may be renewed through the application of a galvanic
battery .
Page 107
Here we see an obvious reason why the instincts of animals do not become more
acute and remarkable , as they advance in age . Acting under them as a man acts
when guided only by habit , ignorant of the object of their toil , and therefore ...
Here we see an obvious reason why the instincts of animals do not become more
acute and remarkable , as they advance in age . Acting under them as a man acts
when guided only by habit , ignorant of the object of their toil , and therefore ...
Page 215
Although the polyps of the coral fabric bud and sprout like a plant , they are
veritable animals still , exhibiting all the ... For the genuine credentials of an
animal are , not the faculty of locomotion , which is an incidental convenience
rather than a ...
Although the polyps of the coral fabric bud and sprout like a plant , they are
veritable animals still , exhibiting all the ... For the genuine credentials of an
animal are , not the faculty of locomotion , which is an incidental convenience
rather than a ...
Page 220
It is not like a beehive , a collection of cells which the animals have built , and in
which they live . ... body of the polyp , where it is generally concealed from view ,
or covered by the animal tissues , at least in the living part of the coral branch .
It is not like a beehive , a collection of cells which the animals have built , and in
which they live . ... body of the polyp , where it is generally concealed from view ,
or covered by the animal tissues , at least in the living part of the coral branch .
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| Title | The North American Review, Volume 63 Volumes 181-183 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 Library of American civilization |
| Editors | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Publisher | O. Everett, 1846 |
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