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... Animal , the Vegetable , and the Mineral . The Animal kingdom is subdivided into four classes , Verte- brates , Molluscs , Articulates , and Radiates or Zoöphites . The General Fact , that all the animals so classed possess the organ or ...
... Animal , the Vegetable , and the Mineral . The Animal kingdom is subdivided into four classes , Verte- brates , Molluscs , Articulates , and Radiates or Zoöphites . The General Fact , that all the animals so classed possess the organ or ...
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... animals can pro- duce a multitude of other instances to show the vast superiority of instinct , in its proper and limited sphere , over the best efforts of human reason ; especially when we make the proper qualifi- cation , that the animal ...
... animals can pro- duce a multitude of other instances to show the vast superiority of instinct , in its proper and limited sphere , over the best efforts of human reason ; especially when we make the proper qualifi- cation , that the animal ...
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... animal might be fitted for the exigencies of its peculiar situation and the part it has to play , - believe , if you can , that one mind did not preside over the formation of all the species , and adapt each to its place in one vast ...
... animal might be fitted for the exigencies of its peculiar situation and the part it has to play , - believe , if you can , that one mind did not preside over the formation of all the species , and adapt each to its place in one vast ...
Contents
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL | 1 |
THIS DISTINCTION APPLIED TO PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY | 25 |
CHAPTER VIII | 173 |
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