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... less known , than any of those it has hitherto been my fortune to visit ; and I am rejoiced to find that the public are so soon to have an opportunity of judging with what effect the valuable hours of your leisure , during a long ...
... less known , than any of those it has hitherto been my fortune to visit ; and I am rejoiced to find that the public are so soon to have an opportunity of judging with what effect the valuable hours of your leisure , during a long ...
Page xvii
... less delightful to the inquirer than they are important to society ; but that they might haply engage persons more able than my- self to pursue those curious and peculiar specula- tions , on the nature of animals , to which it will be ...
... less delightful to the inquirer than they are important to society ; but that they might haply engage persons more able than my- self to pursue those curious and peculiar specula- tions , on the nature of animals , to which it will be ...
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... less than half the labour of man ? Whatever is capable of drawing our attention to a better estimate of human life , and can enable us to raise our thoughts above the grovelling pursuits of mere animals , exalts our dignity , and gives ...
... less than half the labour of man ? Whatever is capable of drawing our attention to a better estimate of human life , and can enable us to raise our thoughts above the grovelling pursuits of mere animals , exalts our dignity , and gives ...
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... the sole principle of action in the one , whilst in the other it is obedient to a higher , more mysterious powerful , and less definable , principle . In fine , that all animals , except man , are the mere crea- tures NATURAL HISTORY . 43.
... the sole principle of action in the one , whilst in the other it is obedient to a higher , more mysterious powerful , and less definable , principle . In fine , that all animals , except man , are the mere crea- tures NATURAL HISTORY . 43.
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... less , and more limited , degree . I be- lieve that mind , in whatever animal it may be found , will admit of the same definitions ; and it is by the criterion of those defini- tions that its possession , either by man or inferior ...
... less , and more limited , degree . I be- lieve that mind , in whatever animal it may be found , will admit of the same definitions ; and it is by the criterion of those defini- tions that its possession , either by man or inferior ...
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Page 84 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath ; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast : for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 165 - Necessity, that imperious all-pervading law of nature, restrains them within the prescribed bounds. The race of plants and the race of animals shrink under this great restrictive law. And the race of man cannot, by any efforts of reason, escape from it.
Page 81 - How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man...
Page 197 - Merciful heaven! What, man! ne'er pull your hat upon your brows; Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak Whispers the o'erfraught heart, and bids it break.
Page 191 - In vain, or not for admirable ends. Shall little haughty ignorance pronounce His works unwise, of which the smallest part Exceeds the narrow vision of her mind? As if upon a...
Page 97 - Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus...
Page 179 - Earth-worms, though in appearance a small and despicable link in the chain of Nature, yet, if lost, would make a lamentable chasm.
Page 199 - But first, and chiefest, with thee bring, Him that yon soars on golden wing, Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne, The Cherub Contemplation; And the mute Silence hist along, 'Less Philomel will deign a song, In her sweetest, saddest plight, Smoothing the rugged brow of night...
Page 81 - From different natures marvellously' mixt, Connexion exquisite of distant worlds*! Distinguished link in being's endless chain*! Midway from nothing' to the Deity*! A beam ethereal', sullied', and absorpt*! Though sullied*, and dishonour'd', still divine*? Dim miniature' of greatness absolute*! An heir of glory/! a frail child of dust*! Helpless immortal'! insect infinite*! A worm'! a god*! — I tremble' at myself, And in myself am lost*!
Page 74 - He knew his lord ; he knew, and strove to meet ; In vain he strove to crawl and kiss his feet ; Yet (all he could) his tail, his ears, his eyes, Salute his master, and confess his joys.