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... elements , should link with the vital spark of a worm or an oyster . But the operations of the elements did not cease with the lowest living thing : nor were the higher living things compounded of the lower , but all were compounded of ...
... elements , should link with the vital spark of a worm or an oyster . But the operations of the elements did not cease with the lowest living thing : nor were the higher living things compounded of the lower , but all were compounded of ...
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... elements ( for so are all the beasts , even the meanest ) but because he possesses all the faculties of the universe . For in the universe there are gods , the four elements , the dumb beasts , and the plants . Of all these man ...
... elements ( for so are all the beasts , even the meanest ) but because he possesses all the faculties of the universe . For in the universe there are gods , the four elements , the dumb beasts , and the plants . Of all these man ...
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... elements are to the common matter of the earth . Each humour has its own counterpart among the elements . The correspondence is best set out in a table . Element Humour Earth Melancholy Common quality Cold and dry Water Phlegm Cold and ...
... elements are to the common matter of the earth . Each humour has its own counterpart among the elements . The correspondence is best set out in a table . Element Humour Earth Melancholy Common quality Cold and dry Water Phlegm Cold and ...
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