The Constitution of Man in Relation to the Natural Laws |
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abuses according action activity adapted animal faculties animal propensities appears arranged benevolence body brain Cassell's causes condition conduct conscientiousness consequences constitution creation Creator death desire discover Divine duty effects enjoy enjoyment evil exercise existence external objects feelings FRANK BARRETT GEORGE COMBE gratification happiness harmony higher sentiments human ignorance Illustrated inches of mercury individual inflict infringement instance institutions intellectual faculties intellectual laws intelligent intuitive knowledge JULIAN HAWTHORNE knowledge labour laws of nature love of approbation lower animals ment mind moral and intellectual moral law moral sentiments morocco nations natural laws neglect obedience obey observation offender operation organic laws organised pain parents perceive persons philosophy Phrenology physical laws pleasure possess practical present principle punishment qualities race regard relations religion render ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON self-esteem selfish ship society suffering supremacy sympiesometer T. P. O'CONNOR tion veneration vigour Vols W. W. GREENER whole
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Page 15 - ... also rewards and punishes actions. If, for example, the pain which we feel, upon doing what tends to the destruction of our bodies, suppose upon too near approaches to fire, or upon wounding ourselves, be appointed by the Author of nature to prevent our doing what thus tends to our destruction, this is altogether as much an instance of his punishing our actions, and consequently of our being under his government, as declaring by a voice from heaven that if we acted so, he would inflict such pain...
Page 15 - Nature's acting upon us every moment which we feel it, or to his having at once contrived and executed his own part in the plan of the world, makes no alteration as to the matter before us.
Page 104 - They say nay in a word, but they do so in deed ; for to the one they will gladly give a stipend of two hundred crowns by the year, and loth to offer to the other two hundred shillings. God that sitteth in heaven laugheth their choice to scorn, and rewardeth their liberality as it should. For he suffereth...
Page 212 - Never, perhaps, was witnessed a finer scene than on the deck of my little ship, when all hope of life had left us. Noble as the character of the British sailor is always allowed to be in cases of danger, yet I did not believe it to be possible that amongst forty-one persons not one repining word should have been uttered.