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... for good . Because an agency is not visible , not tan- gible , is it , I asked , less real ? If a man lose his mind by the loss of his blood , that , it is said , is plain to understand , for it is physical ; but if some horror come upon.
... for good . Because an agency is not visible , not tan- gible , is it , I asked , less real ? If a man lose his mind by the loss of his blood , that , it is said , is plain to understand , for it is physical ; but if some horror come upon.
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... blood . Unity of Research . After the frame and constitution of mind , the order of re- search comes before us for contemplation . And here , the first principle that requires to be recognised , is the principle of unity . At this ...
... blood . Unity of Research . After the frame and constitution of mind , the order of re- search comes before us for contemplation . And here , the first principle that requires to be recognised , is the principle of unity . At this ...
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... blood - letting , against reason , allowed even the meanest of their enemies to prove them wrong with such a vengeance that in the revulsion of thought right and wrong fell to- gether , and a grand remedy , in its true place , was as ...
... blood - letting , against reason , allowed even the meanest of their enemies to prove them wrong with such a vengeance that in the revulsion of thought right and wrong fell to- gether , and a grand remedy , in its true place , was as ...
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... blood , it is growing more harmless , day by day , under the influence of exposure , and its own idiotic feebleness . Leaving then the negative side of the question , let us con- sider in what way our lines of research shall so be ...
... blood , it is growing more harmless , day by day , under the influence of exposure , and its own idiotic feebleness . Leaving then the negative side of the question , let us con- sider in what way our lines of research shall so be ...
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... blood , newly drawn and fluid ; I place it below 44 ° , and it holds as a fluid ; I raise the temperature only ten degrees , and it yields me a firm coagulum . I take gelatine , a solid , like dried and coagulated fibrine , treat it ...
... blood , newly drawn and fluid ; I place it below 44 ° , and it holds as a fluid ; I raise the temperature only ten degrees , and it yields me a firm coagulum . I take gelatine , a solid , like dried and coagulated fibrine , treat it ...
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