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... existence of any other ; nothing can be added to it , nothing can be taken from it , without impairing its perfection , and turning it from an element of health into a seat of disease . Man , moreover , not only has instincts , but ...
... existence of any other ; nothing can be added to it , nothing can be taken from it , without impairing its perfection , and turning it from an element of health into a seat of disease . Man , moreover , not only has instincts , but ...
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... existence is a continued quest after that physical good which is their true and only end ; and to pilfer the garden and the field , to skim and sip the stream , to dress their plumage with finer gloss , and sing the song of glad ...
... existence is a continued quest after that physical good which is their true and only end ; and to pilfer the garden and the field , to skim and sip the stream , to dress their plumage with finer gloss , and sing the song of glad ...
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... can restore himself to the condition of the " fowls of the air , " the more does he fulfil the ends of his responsible existence . The animals are impelled by an unreflecting instinct to pursue 34 Seek first the Kingdom of God .
... can restore himself to the condition of the " fowls of the air , " the more does he fulfil the ends of his responsible existence . The animals are impelled by an unreflecting instinct to pursue 34 Seek first the Kingdom of God .
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... existence of supply in the world , these two things , like the poles of an electric system , find each other out and meet . The appetite of the creature is not merely a passive sensation of un- easiness , but a positive guidance to ...
... existence of supply in the world , these two things , like the poles of an electric system , find each other out and meet . The appetite of the creature is not merely a passive sensation of un- easiness , but a positive guidance to ...
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... existence ; but , zoologically con- sidered , he would be complete . Unconsciousness , then , is the natural and perfect state of these fundamental faculties , and always belongs to them in the purest types of their activity ; and in so ...
... existence ; but , zoologically con- sidered , he would be complete . Unconsciousness , then , is the natural and perfect state of these fundamental faculties , and always belongs to them in the purest types of their activity ; and in so ...
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