Souvenir Nineteenth Annual Congress of the Association for the Advancement of Women Invited & Entertained by the Ladies' Literary Club1877 - 30 pages |
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... called malaria or miasma that devastate certain regions ; and of countless other common plagues , whose causes are unknown , would save the nation millions of dollars yearly . Then , too , there are those studies and experiments in pure ...
... called malaria or miasma that devastate certain regions ; and of countless other common plagues , whose causes are unknown , would save the nation millions of dollars yearly . Then , too , there are those studies and experiments in pure ...
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... called the vaso - motor system , is distributed to the muscular coat of all the blood vessels in their minutest ramifications . These nerves have the express office of regu- lating the supply of blood to any local organ or muscle . Is ...
... called the vaso - motor system , is distributed to the muscular coat of all the blood vessels in their minutest ramifications . These nerves have the express office of regu- lating the supply of blood to any local organ or muscle . Is ...
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... called into action . " Hence the form and size of the male brain . Dr. Ferrier found also that stimulation of the posterior portion of the middle lobe in brains like those of cat and dog , or of that part together with the whole of the ...
... called into action . " Hence the form and size of the male brain . Dr. Ferrier found also that stimulation of the posterior portion of the middle lobe in brains like those of cat and dog , or of that part together with the whole of the ...
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... called forth his best commendations . He said nothing of sex , but very much of education ; gave to all alike the best op- portunities to be proved by the best work . shall henceforth speak for you , " and witness . " There's no need to ...
... called forth his best commendations . He said nothing of sex , but very much of education ; gave to all alike the best op- portunities to be proved by the best work . shall henceforth speak for you , " and witness . " There's no need to ...
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... called us into being has endowed us with the desire to grasp thread after thread of knowledge , that we may hold them as clues to guide us through the labyrinths of unrevealed mysteries . We are obeying the dictates of the Soul when we ...
... called us into being has endowed us with the desire to grasp thread after thread of knowledge , that we may hold them as clues to guide us through the labyrinths of unrevealed mysteries . We are obeying the dictates of the Soul when we ...
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Page 92 - That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it : This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it.
Page 97 - And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation concerning the two brethren. But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them. Not so shall it be among you: but whosoever would become great among you shall be your minister; and whosoever would be first among you shall be your servant: even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom...
Page 88 - Truth is within ourselves; it takes no rise From outward things, whate'er you may believe. There is an inmost centre in us all, Where Truth abides in fulness...
Page 86 - Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne, — Yet that scaffold sways the Future, and, behind the dim unknown, Standeth God within the shadow, keeping watch above his own.
Page 96 - So, let him wait God's instant men call years ; Meantime hold hard by truth and his great soul, Do out the duty ! Through such souls alone God stooping shows sufficient of His light For us i
Page 89 - All with a touch of nobleness, despite Their error, upward tending all though weak, Like plants in mines which never saw the sun, But dream of him, and guess where he may be, And do their best to climb and get to him.
Page 86 - I have gone the whole round of creation: I saw and I spoke: I, a work of God's hand for that purpose, received in my brain And pronounced on the rest of his handwork — returned him again His creation's approval or censure: I spoke as I saw: I report, as a man may of God's work — all's love, yet all's law. Now I lay down the judgeship he lent me. Each faculty tasked To perceive him, has gained an abyss, where a dewdrop was asked.
Page 89 - Spite of this flesh to-day I strove, made head, gained ground upon the whole ! " As the bird wings and sings, Let us cry, "All good things Are ours, nor soul helps flesh more, now than flesh helps soul...
Page 86 - For woman is not undevelopt man, But diverse : could we make her as the man, Sweet Love were slain : his dearest bond is this, Not like to like, but like in difference. Yet in the long years liker must they grow ; The man be more of woman, she of man ; He gain in sweetness and in moral height, Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world ; She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care, Nor lose the childlike in the larger mind ; Till at the last she set herself to man, Like perfect music unto...
Page 46 - He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat : Oh ! be swift, my soul, to answer Him ! be jubilant, my feet ! Our God is marching on. In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me : As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.