INTELLIGENCE IN PLANTS AND ANIMALS1900 |
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... manner of expression is both invidious and weak ; but the thing intended by it is really no diffi- culty at all , either in the way of natural or moral consideration . " Referring then to the undeveloped powers and capacities of the 2 ...
... manner of expression is both invidious and weak ; but the thing intended by it is really no diffi- culty at all , either in the way of natural or moral consideration . " Referring then to the undeveloped powers and capacities of the 2 ...
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... manner as when one of the sensitive filaments is touched by a hard substance . Small purplish , almost sessile glands , as has already been stated , thickly cover the upper surface of the lobes . These have the power both of secretion ...
... manner as when one of the sensitive filaments is touched by a hard substance . Small purplish , almost sessile glands , as has already been stated , thickly cover the upper surface of the lobes . These have the power both of secretion ...
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... manner as is the muscle of an animal when contraction takes place . After contraction has endured for a greater or less time , dependent upon circumstances which we do not well under- stand , re - expansion of the leaves is effected at ...
... manner as is the muscle of an animal when contraction takes place . After contraction has endured for a greater or less time , dependent upon circumstances which we do not well under- stand , re - expansion of the leaves is effected at ...
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... manner of its vernation , but in Drosera rotundifolia , whose marginal tentacles are longer , the tentacles simply curve around the object , the glands touching the substance , like so many mouths receiving nourishment . Experimented ...
... manner of its vernation , but in Drosera rotundifolia , whose marginal tentacles are longer , the tentacles simply curve around the object , the glands touching the substance , like so many mouths receiving nourishment . Experimented ...
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... , that is , that they have the power of digestion , is no longer a question of dispute . They certainly have this power , acting on albuminous compounds in exactly the same manner as does the Plants That Feed on Insects . 27.
... , that is , that they have the power of digestion , is no longer a question of dispute . They certainly have this power , acting on albuminous compounds in exactly the same manner as does the Plants That Feed on Insects . 27.
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Page 428 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath ; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast : for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 428 - Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth...
Page 432 - If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young...
Page 418 - He was delivered for our offences, and raised again for our justification...
Page 423 - But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: so man lieth down, and riseth not: Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.
Page 417 - For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the first fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
Page 433 - And surely your blood of your lives will I require ; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man.
Page 422 - For in death there is no remembrance of thee : in the grave who shall give thee thanks...
Page 416 - But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as by the spirit of the Lord" (2 Corinthians 3:13-18, New King James Version).