 Every word uttered by a speaker costs him some physical loss ; and, in the strictest sense, he burns that others may have light — so much eloquence., so much of his body resolved into carbonic acid, water, and urea.  Our home physician - Page 393by George Miller Beard - 1875 - 1067 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Protoplasm - 1869 - 30 pages
...protoplasm. Every word uttered by a ._,»• -i~.«^^^^Ä„^^lwf!i^*«ä***-*«'J"-«.-ii.i^ . "\ ' speaker costs him some physical loss ; and, in the...others may have light — so much eloquence, so much of his body resolved into carbonic acid, water and urea. It is clear that this process of expenditure... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Life - 1870 - 56 pages
...matter of life is a veritable " Peau de Chagrin," and for every vital act it is somewhat the smaller. All work implies waste, and the work .of life results,...the strictest sense, he burns that others may have light—so much eloquence, so much of his body resolved into caibonic acid, water and urea. It is clear... | |
 | Sir Edwin Ray Lankester - Life (Biology) - 1870 - 200 pages
...matter of life is a veritable peau de chagrin, and for every vital act it is somewhat the smaller. All work implies waste, and the work of life results,...directly or indirectly, in the waste of protoplasm.' Is there any direct evidence of the existence of such a store of force or material as is evidently... | |
 | Ralph Richardson (M.D.) - Life - 1873 - 134 pages
...matter of life is a veritable peau de chagrin, and for every vital act it is somewhat the smaller. All work implies waste, and the work of life results,...directly or indirectly, in the waste of protoplasm, f" "I might sup upon lobster, and the matter of life of the crustacean would undergo the same wonderful... | |
 | A. H. Dana - Ethics - 1873 - 320 pages
...aberration of mindl is a question involving inquiry into the arcana of life. There are cases appearing to * "All work implies waste, and the work of life results...directly or indirectly in the waste of protoplasm. * * A speaker burns that others may hHYe light— so much eloquence, so mnch of his body resolved into... | |
 | American periodicals - 1877 - 826 pages
...physical basis of life is a veritable peau de chagrin, and for every vital act it is somewhat the smaller. All work implies waste, and the work of life results,...others may have light — so much eloquence, so much of his body resolved into carbonic acid, water, and urea. It is clear that this process of expenditure... | |
 | ludwic herric - 1878 - 982 pages
...vielversprechend, ib. 724 (auch ohne great oder good). protoplasm s. = the physical basis of life : all work implies waste, and the work of life results directly or indirectly in the waste of — . ib. 698. pucker s. Falte, Runzel: you saw the — in my brow. ib. 671. puzzle out va entwirren;... | |
 | George Frederick Magoun - Congregational churches - 1879 - 560 pages
...spoken. " All work," says Mr. Huxley, "implies waste. Every word uttered by a speaker costs him so much loss ; and, in the strictest sense, he burns, that others may have light. So much eloquence, so much of his body resolved into poisonous acids and water." And so it comes to pass that we live by dying;... | |
 | Ralph Richardson (M.D.) - Diseases - 1879 - 408 pages
...matter of life is a veritable peau de chagrin, and for every vital act it is somewhat the smaller. All work implies waste, and the work of life results,...directly or indirectly, in the waste of protoplasm."* " I might sup upon lobster, and the matter of life of the crustacean would undergo the same wonderful... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - Evolution (Biology) - 1880 - 408 pages
...matter of life is a veritable peau de chagrin, and for every vital act it is somewhat the smaller. All work implies waste, and the work of life results,...the strictest sense, he burns that others may have light—so much eloquence, so much of his body resolved into carbonic acid, water, and urea. It is... | |
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