Author: John Dewey
Publisher: 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 Exposition of the Principles of Equity, Illustrated by the Leading Decisions Thereon. For Students and Practitioners
Author: Henry Arthur Smith
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385464641
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 805
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385464641
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 805
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
The American Debater :bbeing a Plain Exposition of the Principles and Practice of Public Debate
Author: James Napoleon McElligott
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Category : Debates and debating
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Debates and debating
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
A Compendious Exposition of the Principles and Practice of Professor Jacotot's Celebrated System of Education
Author: Joseph Payne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
A Concise Exposition of Homoeopathy, Its Principles and Practice
Author: George Newman (Physician)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
Homœopathy: a popular exposition and defence of its principles and practice
Author: Walter JOHNSON (M.B.)
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Principles of Political Economy
Author: Wilhelm Roscher
Publisher:
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
The Spectator
The Principles and Practice of Obstetrics, Etc
Author: Gunning Samuel BEDFORD
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 790
Book Description
The Law Unsealed, Or, a Practical Exposition of the Ten Commandments. With a Resolution of Several Momentous Questions and Cases of Conscience
Author: James Durham
Publisher:
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Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian life
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description