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... sound as aids to nutrition . Limited duration of a leaf . Nature guides thinking . Analogy between a plant and a child . What is it we compare ? A potato , its parts . Aptness in growth . The sensitive plant . Spon- taneous action gives ...
... sound as aids to nutrition . Limited duration of a leaf . Nature guides thinking . Analogy between a plant and a child . What is it we compare ? A potato , its parts . Aptness in growth . The sensitive plant . Spon- taneous action gives ...
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... sound . Nerve- centres at work . Want of stimulation . Supply of food material . Amount of brain power . Spontaneous action of nerve - centres . A nerve - centre free , or highly stimulated . A disobedient boy . The hand free for ...
... sound . Nerve- centres at work . Want of stimulation . Supply of food material . Amount of brain power . Spontaneous action of nerve - centres . A nerve - centre free , or highly stimulated . A disobedient boy . The hand free for ...
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... sound , touch , & c . One general plan seems to run through the whole series , and certain laws or generalisa- tions appear to apply to all alike , though in different degrees . Our present concern in glancing at the circles of organic ...
... sound , touch , & c . One general plan seems to run through the whole series , and certain laws or generalisa- tions appear to apply to all alike , though in different degrees . Our present concern in glancing at the circles of organic ...
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... sound , pressure , gravity , & c . Time , however , prevents me repeating my evidence here . We have considered thus far what to observe in look- ing at Nature's work in living things , and I have referred to my hypothesis as to the ...
... sound , pressure , gravity , & c . Time , however , prevents me repeating my evidence here . We have considered thus far what to observe in look- ing at Nature's work in living things , and I have referred to my hypothesis as to the ...
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... sound ( see Catalogue ) . Diminished stimula- tion of a muscle leads , not only to less work done , but also to wasting of its substance ; it is not sufficient for nutrition and good work of the muscle that it be supplied with blood ...
... sound ( see Catalogue ) . Diminished stimula- tion of a muscle leads , not only to less work done , but also to wasting of its substance ; it is not sufficient for nutrition and good work of the muscle that it be supplied with blood ...
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