Theories Worth Having: And Other PapersPriv. print., 1919 - 212 стор. |
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... idea of applying steam as a motive force for pro- pelling vehicles upon the highway . He had for many years been intensely interested in the problem of self - propelled carriages , and in the spring and summer of 1897 he began a series ...
... idea of applying steam as a motive force for pro- pelling vehicles upon the highway . He had for many years been intensely interested in the problem of self - propelled carriages , and in the spring and summer of 1897 he began a series ...
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... idea of a life of service to hu- manity by the utilization of physical and intel- lectual energy , which is the substance of the precepts of Christ . Illiteracy everywhere pre- vailed , and , as it always does , gave rise to su ...
... idea of a life of service to hu- manity by the utilization of physical and intel- lectual energy , which is the substance of the precepts of Christ . Illiteracy everywhere pre- vailed , and , as it always does , gave rise to su ...
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... idea . Its acceptance has been revolutionary in its effect on our theories of creation , and some of the most far - reaching generalizations of mod- ern times have come from its consideration . Charles Darwin , of England , although not ...
... idea . Its acceptance has been revolutionary in its effect on our theories of creation , and some of the most far - reaching generalizations of mod- ern times have come from its consideration . Charles Darwin , of England , although not ...
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... idea that the primordial struggle for existence still continues , and that there is no method of adjusting the conflicting interests of states but by war . The welfare of the state , with such writers , is the end to which all action ...
... idea that the primordial struggle for existence still continues , and that there is no method of adjusting the conflicting interests of states but by war . The welfare of the state , with such writers , is the end to which all action ...
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... the same laws that govern all life , plant , animal , or national , the law of struggle , the law of the survival of the fittest . The idea of international arbitration as a substitute for natural laws , arises not 46 THE MEEK.
... the same laws that govern all life , plant , animal , or national , the law of struggle , the law of the survival of the fittest . The idea of international arbitration as a substitute for natural laws , arises not 46 THE MEEK.
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Сторінка 31 - It is interesting to contemplate an entangled bank, clothed with many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms crawling through the damp earth, and to reflect that these elaborately constructed forms, so different from each other, and dependent on each other in so complex a manner, have all been produced by laws acting around us.
Сторінка 32 - There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being evolved.
Сторінка 59 - AND seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Сторінка 6 - Say first, of God above, or man below What can we reason, but from what we know? Of man, what see we but his station here, From which to reason, or to which refer? Through worlds unnumbered though the God be known, Tis ours to trace Him only in our own.
Сторінка 31 - These laws, taken in the largest sense, being Growth with Reproduction ; Inheritance which is almost implied by reproduction; Variability from the indirect and direct action of the conditions of life, and from use and disuse : a Ratio of Increase so high as to lead to a Struggle for Life, and as a consequence to Natural Selection, entailing Divergence of Character and the Extinction of less-improved forms. Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable...
Сторінка 141 - Do unto others as you would that others should do unto you," applies to all who would help others to gain their liberty.
Сторінка 62 - Independence a new era in social production appeared, as a result of three inventions, the invention of the spinning jenny, the power loom, and the steam engine.
Сторінка 49 - Such predominance forces a nation to seek markets, and, where possible, to control them to its own advantage by preponderant force, the ultimate expression of which is possession. . . . From this flow two results: the attempt to possess and the organization of force by which to maintain possession already achieved.
Сторінка 47 - We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who embodies victorious effort ; the man who never wrongs his neighbor ; who is prompt to help a friend ; but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life.
Сторінка 47 - We must play a great part in the world, and especially . . . perform those deeds of blood and valor which above everything else bring national renown.