Advanced Reading Book, Literary and ScientificT. Laurie, 1859 - 424 pages |
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Page 117
... knowledge . It acquaints us with the laws of health , and puts it in our power , if we choose , to avoid much disease , and suffering , and loss of time . The Creator manages all this for the lower animals through their instincts ...
... knowledge . It acquaints us with the laws of health , and puts it in our power , if we choose , to avoid much disease , and suffering , and loss of time . The Creator manages all this for the lower animals through their instincts ...
Page 154
... knowledge is to be obtained ; but I cannot finish this lesson without expressing the hope , that the concern you evidently have in the knowledge offered , and the promise it holds out of fitting you more skilfully to benefit others ...
... knowledge is to be obtained ; but I cannot finish this lesson without expressing the hope , that the concern you evidently have in the knowledge offered , and the promise it holds out of fitting you more skilfully to benefit others ...
Page 310
... knowledge , though there be no defect in their intellectual faculties to which their little progress can be imputed . The mistake here is , that it is usually supposed that by reading , the author's knowledge is transferred into the ...
... knowledge , though there be no defect in their intellectual faculties to which their little progress can be imputed . The mistake here is , that it is usually supposed that by reading , the author's knowledge is transferred into the ...
Contents
LESSONS IN NATURAL HISTORY | 1 |
THE MATERIALS USED FOR PERFUMERY | 7 |
THOMSON | 10 |
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