The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 42D. Appleton, 1893 - Science |
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... cause Cal- cutta's Municipal Council more anxious hours than is the province of thoroughfares , on account of the prosperity of bacilli in their midst ; and though the Municipal Council conspired all day , and sat up all night , taking ...
... cause Cal- cutta's Municipal Council more anxious hours than is the province of thoroughfares , on account of the prosperity of bacilli in their midst ; and though the Municipal Council conspired all day , and sat up all night , taking ...
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... cause them are not due to the will , but to some sort of external stimulus ; and so great is the tendency to these nervous discharges in the young animal that but the slightest stimulus is required . Some of these move- ments may be ...
... cause them are not due to the will , but to some sort of external stimulus ; and so great is the tendency to these nervous discharges in the young animal that but the slightest stimulus is required . Some of these move- ments may be ...
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... cause of remorse to devout souls , who during the attempt to pray in church in this attitude are sadly distracted by ... causes ; thus , an attitude with the head drooping slightly more than that indicated in Fig . 6 , and with the chin ...
... cause of remorse to devout souls , who during the attempt to pray in church in this attitude are sadly distracted by ... causes ; thus , an attitude with the head drooping slightly more than that indicated in Fig . 6 , and with the chin ...
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... cause physi- cal discomfort . At the same time the heart itself appears to be stimulated by the blows which it gives itself against the thoracic walls and to palpitate more violently than before . The patient is therefore obliged to lie ...
... cause physi- cal discomfort . At the same time the heart itself appears to be stimulated by the blows which it gives itself against the thoracic walls and to palpitate more violently than before . The patient is therefore obliged to lie ...
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... cause and effect with no stronger evidence than that of the people whose chief died after breaking off the anchor of a stranded vessel , and who accordingly bowed to the anchor , trying to appease its revenge ! When a boy tosses a ...
... cause and effect with no stronger evidence than that of the people whose chief died after breaking off the anchor of a stranded vessel , and who accordingly bowed to the anchor , trying to appease its revenge ! When a boy tosses a ...
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Popular passages
Page 265 - Pleiads, rising thro" the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid. Here about the beach I wander'd, nourishing a youth sublime With the fairy tales of science, and the long result of Time...
Page 265 - Many a night from yonder ivied casement, ere I went to rest, Did I look on great Orion sloping slowly to the West. Many a night I saw the Pleiads, rising through the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fireflies tangled in a silver braid.
Page 266 - Anathema,' friend, at you; Should all our churchmen foam in spite At you, so careful of the right, Yet one lay-hearth would give you welcome (Take it and come) to the Isle of Wight...
Page 89 - So on our heels a fresh perfection treads, A power more strong in beauty, born of us And fated to excel us, as we pass In glory that old Darkness: nor are we Thereby more conquer'd, than by us the rule Of shapeless Chaos.
Page 326 - Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp ? 28 And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters?
Page 477 - The feeling of religious devotion is a highly complex one, consisting of love, complete submission to an exalted and mysterious superior, a strong sense of dependence, fear, reverence, gratitude, hope for the future, and perhaps other elements.
Page 27 - Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. Say to them that are of fearful heart, " Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; he will come and save you.
Page 466 - For culture certainly means something quite different from learning or technical skill. It implies the possession of an ideal, and the habit of critically estimating the value of things by comparison with a theoretic standard. Perfect culture should supply a complete theory of life, based upon a clear knowledge alike of its possibilities and of its limitations.
Page 797 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Page 27 - Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; and make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.