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... powers of memory , and will ; but it could fly when thrown into the air , it could be roused by a gentle push or ... power of motion is paralyzed , and so on to the end of the chapter . When we come to excise that center from which the ...
... powers of memory , and will ; but it could fly when thrown into the air , it could be roused by a gentle push or ... power of motion is paralyzed , and so on to the end of the chapter . When we come to excise that center from which the ...
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... powers and achievements of the human mind , yet we can never see that mind at work . The wisest thought of the philosopher , or the finest conception of the poet , may produce no observable action of the brain . The school boy's ...
... powers and achievements of the human mind , yet we can never see that mind at work . The wisest thought of the philosopher , or the finest conception of the poet , may produce no observable action of the brain . The school boy's ...
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... mental weakness . A cause is found in the early dissipations of that father ... mental imperfections so common among the rising generation . The sons of ... powers . The insane dia- thesis is a product of all those forces which tend ...
... mental weakness . A cause is found in the early dissipations of that father ... mental imperfections so common among the rising generation . The sons of ... powers . The insane dia- thesis is a product of all those forces which tend ...
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... powers over her spirited charger and the subordi- nates of her husband , " and daily associated with the bravest and the best , as well as the most supersti- tious , of the French army . Those of you who wish to pursue further the study ...
... powers over her spirited charger and the subordi- nates of her husband , " and daily associated with the bravest and the best , as well as the most supersti- tious , of the French army . Those of you who wish to pursue further the study ...
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... powers , 5. By unwise forcing of the mind in its immature or undeveloped stage , 6. By premature and unnatural excitement of the sexual organs of the young , 7. By suppression of the ambitions , and powers , and tastes , and desires ...
... powers , 5. By unwise forcing of the mind in its immature or undeveloped stage , 6. By premature and unnatural excitement of the sexual organs of the young , 7. By suppression of the ambitions , and powers , and tastes , and desires ...
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Page 231 - Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you " ? That was the doctrine of Lao-tsze.
Page 100 - I have of late (but, wherefore, I know not) lost all my mirth, foregone all custom of exercises : and, indeed, it goes so heavily with my disposition, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory ; this most excellent canopy, the air, look you — this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire — why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Page 35 - Cursed be the social wants that sin against the strength of youth! Cursed be the social lies that warp us from the living truth!
Page 86 - ... of such alleged insane person, if there be any such known to be residing within the county, and if not, upon the person with whom such alleged insane person may reside, or at whose house he may be.
Page 53 - To kings, that fear their subjects' treachery? O, yes it doth ; a thousand-fold it doth. And to conclude, — the shepherd's homely curds, His cold thin drink out of his leather bottle, His wonted sleep under a fresh tree's shade, All which secure and sweetly he enjoys, Is far beyond a prince's delicates, His viands sparkling in a golden cup, His body couched in a curious bed, When care, mistrust, and treason wait on him.
Page 53 - Canst thou, O partial sleep! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude; And, in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king ? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 54 - Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
Page 69 - And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard.
Page 132 - In time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention; all other intellectual gratifications are rejected ; the mind, in weariness or leisure, recurs constantly to the favourite conception, and feasts on the luscious falsehood whenever she is offended with the bitterness of truth. By degrees the reign of fancy is confirmed; she grows first imperious and in time despotic. Then fictions begin to operate as realities, false opinions fasten upon the mind, and life passes in dreams of rapture or...
Page 49 - There is some soul of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distil it out...