Man, in His Relations to SocietyW.S. Orr, 1840 - 292 páginas |
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Página 250 - the doing good to mankind, in obedience to the will of God, and for the sake of everlasting happiness.
Página 239 - Nor is it true as an accepted axiom of criminal law that " the wicked flee when no man pursueth, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
Página 83 - ... the descent of two Devonshire families, I have met with four instances of persons designating themselves as groom. They were certainly well connected, and in fortune apparently much above the class of people who accept the care of horses in this present day. If they were grooms of horses, society was in a very different state from that in which it is at the present day ; if they were not such grooms, what then were they ? I believe they were unmarried persons. First, there is Samuel Weeks, of...
Página 209 - Of the Western countries England was the first to achieve industrialisation, and it was the first in the race for the subjugation and exploitation of the East. Indeed in England's case it is difficult to say which is the cause and which the effect, so intimate was the mutual action and reaction of industrialisation and exploitation of Eastern countries in the earlier stages. England's success excited the rivalry of other European nations. The first great struggle was between the British and the French...
Página 59 - Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it. The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. Men, and even good men, may for a while be baffled in their efforts, to teach them the lesson of dependence upon Providence, and to keep them, when success cometh, from sacrificing to their own net, and burning incense to their own drag, as if by these their portion hath been made plenteous.
Página 215 - Society requires that its members should promote and in no wise hinder the physical good of each other ; but the best interests of society, as well as those of the individual, require that each man should pursue his own physical good as the grand business of life.
Página 147 - Natural theology is the science which, from an investigation of the works of nature, would rise to a discovery of the character and will of God, and of the relation in which man stands to him. In prosecuting this science, the inquirer proceeds ... in the same way as he does in every other branch of investigation.
Página 166 - ... never more than an outline sketch — it follows that characters due to persistence are usually distinguishable enough from those which indicate reversion to justify a separate record. In Persistence some part of the process of development has stopped short, while the rest has gone on to completion; and in so far as this part of the process is concerned the adult organism remains as it was in the normal embryo. But in Reversion, a portion of the process shunts off the main line of development,...
Página 128 - How much sweeter the perfume of th cales, and the fruits of autumn, and all the blessings of arth, and the unnumbered attractions that make " all nature beauty to the eye, and music to the ear," when we can regard every blessing as sent from our heavenly father in token of his love. Religion weaves the contemplation of nature with many salutary lessons, which are usually lost to the mere philosopher.
Página 76 - II., a more free exportation was allowed, and the duty on importation reduced ; and in the reign of William and Mary, a bounty was granted on corn exported.