Horae Phrenologicae Being Three Phrenological Essays1829 |
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... improving the physical or material constitution of the brain , and of the nervous system . Thus , its range is very extensive , and a brief out- line is here to be attempted . It is a fact well known to every , even the most superficial ...
... improving the physical or material constitution of the brain , and of the nervous system . Thus , its range is very extensive , and a brief out- line is here to be attempted . It is a fact well known to every , even the most superficial ...
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... improved . If these have been the results of the inferior sciences being established upon solid bases , what benefits must accrue from the science of Mind , when the same is founded in truth ? It will give its gigantic power to vanquish ...
... improved . If these have been the results of the inferior sciences being established upon solid bases , what benefits must accrue from the science of Mind , when the same is founded in truth ? It will give its gigantic power to vanquish ...
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... improvement of the condition of human beings , that they should be stationary in reference to place . The Creator has , on this account , kindly bestowed a faculty which attaches its pos- sessor to a particular place ( Inhabitiveness ) ...
... improvement of the condition of human beings , that they should be stationary in reference to place . The Creator has , on this account , kindly bestowed a faculty which attaches its pos- sessor to a particular place ( Inhabitiveness ) ...
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... improvement ; therefore we argue , let every effort be made to acquire it . It cannot be said that the endeavour must of ne- cessity be abortive ; it cannot be said that we have not natural incitements sufficient to encourage a vigorous ...
... improvement ; therefore we argue , let every effort be made to acquire it . It cannot be said that the endeavour must of ne- cessity be abortive ; it cannot be said that we have not natural incitements sufficient to encourage a vigorous ...
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... improvement of the mind ? Half the attention and the constancy which is employed in acquiring skill in the occupations by which money is to be acquired , if bestowed on the melioration of the morals and a cultivation and improvement of ...
... improvement of the mind ? Half the attention and the constancy which is employed in acquiring skill in the occupations by which money is to be acquired , if bestowed on the melioration of the morals and a cultivation and improvement of ...
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Page 56 - As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 5 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page 70 - Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Page 86 - I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. 9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry : for it is better to marry than to burn.
Page 103 - Samuel, and of the prophets: who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance ; that they might obtain a better resurrection...
Page xiii - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Page 114 - This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart : who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness.
Page 112 - ... and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: and when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them : but other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold....
Page 86 - And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Page 95 - Lift up your heads, O ye gates, and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors : And the King of glory shall come in. Who is this King of glory: The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. Lift up your heads, O ye gates, even lift them up, ye everlasting doors : And the King of glory shall come in.