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Benevolence , in general , is with him quite a different faculty or sentiment from
love of women , or love of children - as different as seeing is from hearing or
smelling . It is ascertained accordingly , he tells you , that they have separate and
...
Benevolence , in general , is with him quite a different faculty or sentiment from
love of women , or love of children - as different as seeing is from hearing or
smelling . It is ascertained accordingly , he tells you , that they have separate and
...
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sisting of a mere dogmatical assertion , that our sense of right and wrong , as to
all duties and virtues whatsoever , and all moral principle and sensibility , are
referable to a primitive independent faculty , the vigour and delicacy of which is in
...
sisting of a mere dogmatical assertion , that our sense of right and wrong , as to
all duties and virtues whatsoever , and all moral principle and sensibility , are
referable to a primitive independent faculty , the vigour and delicacy of which is in
...
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Then , again , as to pressure , is it meant to be said that we have a special faculty
by which we can certainly tell whether a pressure on our finger , or our whole
body , is produced by the mere weight of the incumbent substance , or by the
force ...
Then , again , as to pressure , is it meant to be said that we have a special faculty
by which we can certainly tell whether a pressure on our finger , or our whole
body , is produced by the mere weight of the incumbent substance , or by the
force ...
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This does savour a little , we think , of materialism - but little enough of common
sense . The diseased or morbid state of an organ , it seems , does not disturb or
impede , but increases and improves the action of the faculty to which it ministers
!
This does savour a little , we think , of materialism - but little enough of common
sense . The diseased or morbid state of an organ , it seems , does not disturb or
impede , but increases and improves the action of the faculty to which it ministers
!
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But whatever it may be called , the fact is , that a certain state of the organ may
thus indicate a great improvement of its associated faculty , while its bulk remains
as before . But if this be admitted in certain cases , how can it be known that it ...
But whatever it may be called , the fact is , that a certain state of the organ may
thus indicate a great improvement of its associated faculty , while its bulk remains
as before . But if this be admitted in certain cases , how can it be known that it ...
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