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Languages : en
Pages : 554
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The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine Or Monthly Political and Literary Censor
Author: The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature
Author: The Rationale of Political Representation
Author: The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine; Or, Monthly Political and Literary Censor [ed. by J.R. Green].
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Author: John Richards GreenThe Antijacobin Review and True Churchman's Magazine
Author: The Anti-Jacobin Review and Protestant Advocate
Author: Democracy and Education
Author: John DeweyPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
. Renewal of Life by Transmission. The most notable distinction between living and inanimate things is that the former maintain themselves by renewal. A stone when struck resists. If its resistance is greater than the force of the blow struck, it remains outwardly unchanged. Otherwise, it is shattered into smaller bits. Never does the stone attempt to react in such a way that it may maintain itself against the blow, much less so as to render the blow a contributing factor to its own continued action. While the living thing may easily be crushed by superior force, it none the less tries to turn the energies which act upon it into means of its own further existence. If it cannot do so, it does not just split into smaller pieces (at least in the higher forms of life), but loses its identity as a living thing. As long as it endures, it struggles to use surrounding energies in its own behalf. It uses light, air, moisture, and the material of soil. To say that it uses them is to say that it turns them into means of its own conservation. As long as it is growing, the energy it expends in thus turning the environment to account is more than compensated for by the return it gets: it grows. Understanding the word "control" in this sense, it may be said that a living being is one that subjugates and controls for its own continued activity the energies that would otherwise use it up. Life is a self-renewing process through action upon the environment.
Practical Essays
Author: Alexander BainPublisher: IndyPublish.com
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
A collection of articles and papers, most of which had appeared previously in magazines. From the Scottish philosopher, educationalist and author.
An Essay on the Principle of Population
Author: T. R. MalthusPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486115771
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
The first major study of population size and its tremendous importance to the character and quality of society, this classic examines the tendency of human numbers to outstrip their resources.
An Essay on the History of Civil Society
Author: Adam FergusonPublisher:
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Category : Civil society
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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