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... faculties , it is of importance to know what posi - surgeon , " the heads of many insane persons , and tion each of these occupies in the animal economy , when he is dealing with the one or with the other , or whether either of them is ...
... faculties , it is of importance to know what posi - surgeon , " the heads of many insane persons , and tion each of these occupies in the animal economy , when he is dealing with the one or with the other , or whether either of them is ...
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... faculties , are developed , is exercise . The more intense and continuous the exercise , the more vigorously developed will be the power . " In all cases , the exercise is subject to the same laws and conditions , and effects the same ...
... faculties , are developed , is exercise . The more intense and continuous the exercise , the more vigorously developed will be the power . " In all cases , the exercise is subject to the same laws and conditions , and effects the same ...
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... faculties , while causing the destruc- tion of a portion of the nerve matter of the brain , causes also an additional flow of nutritious mate- rial to the part , and thus the mind is improved by the brain , the mind's organ acquiring ...
... faculties , while causing the destruc- tion of a portion of the nerve matter of the brain , causes also an additional flow of nutritious mate- rial to the part , and thus the mind is improved by the brain , the mind's organ acquiring ...
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... faculties . A strong impres- sion is necessarily a distinct impression , it is ac- curate so far as it goes . And on this clearness depends the accuracy of judgments ; and on the power of forming true judgments , and hold- ing them ...
... faculties . A strong impres- sion is necessarily a distinct impression , it is ac- curate so far as it goes . And on this clearness depends the accuracy of judgments ; and on the power of forming true judgments , and hold- ing them ...
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... faculties of the mind , the regions of morals , and the relations of the different sciences . Here we behold the striking effects of a single discord , however small , and the marvellous adjust- ments of a law of compensation . Here are ...
... faculties of the mind , the regions of morals , and the relations of the different sciences . Here we behold the striking effects of a single discord , however small , and the marvellous adjust- ments of a law of compensation . Here are ...
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Page 260 - In the Professorship of Logic, to which Mr Smith was appointed on his first introduction into this University, he soon saw the necessity of departing widely from the plan that had been followed by his predecessors, and of directing the attention of his pupils to studies of a more interesting and' useful nature than the logic and metaphysics of the schools.