 | Arminianism - 1876 - 1204 pages
...this theory of inheritance in our popular literature, quaintly 11! iut rates the position thus : — " Each of us is only the footing up of a double column of figures that goes back to the first pair. I do not mean to say that something may not be added by nature to make up for losses and keep the race... | |
 | Oliver Wendell Holmes - Birthmarks - 1861 - 298 pages
...question suggested a very familiar class of facts. " Why, of course. Each of us is only the footing-up of a double column of figures that goes back to the...commonly because we can't make out all the figures. I don't mean to say that something may not be added by Nature to make up for losses and keep the race... | |
 | Congregationalism - 1861 - 636 pages
...harmonize. But is this what the Professor means to teach us? He says, through his pupil, Langdon, that " each of us is only the footing up of a double column of figures, that goes back to the first pair." Neither his good sense, nor his scientific knowledge, nor his study of mankind — to say nothing of... | |
 | Congregationalism - 1861 - 634 pages
...harmonize. But is this what the Professor means to teach us ? He says, through his pupil, Langdon, that " each of us is only the footing up of a double column of figures, that goes back to the first pair." Neither his good" sense, nor his scientific knowledge, nor his study of mankind — to say nothing... | |
 | Great Britain - 1868 - 812 pages
...its lessons to enforce themselves. ' Each of us/ again to quote Dr. Holmes, ' is only the footing-up of a double column of figures that goes back to the...commonly because we can't make out all the figures.' JS MILL ON 'THE SUBJECTION OF WOMEN.' THE shades of Mary Wollstonecroft and Lady Morgan are avenged.... | |
 | Charles Elam - Medicine - 1869 - 420 pages
...UNIVERSITY PRESS : WELCH, BIGELOW, & Co., CAMBRIDGE. AUG 20 1906 BT " Each of as is only the footing-up of a double column of figures that goes back to the...commonly because we can't make out all the figures." " There are people who think that everything may be done, if the doer, be he educator or physician,... | |
 | Charles Elam - Medicine - 1869 - 436 pages
...: WELCH, BIGELOW, St Co., CAMBRIDGE. HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY " Each of us is only the footing-up of a double column of figures that goes back to the...some minus. If the columns don't add up right, it ia commonly because we can't make out all the figures," * "There are people who think that everything... | |
 | Charles Elam - Medicine - 1871 - 420 pages
...OSGOOD, & Co. UNIVERSITY PRESS : WELCH, BIGELOW, & Co., CAMBRIDGB. " Each of OB is only the footing-up of a double column of figures that goes back to the...first pair. Every unit tells, — and some of them are pint and some minui. If the columns don't add up right, it is commonly because we can't make out all... | |
 | Calvin Cutter - 1872 - 412 pages
...various mental powers. 495. 1st, A SOUND ORGANIZATION BY INHERITANCE. " Each of us is only the footing-up of a double column of figures that goes back to the first pair," is the striking expression of a great truth. Every-day observation shows that children inherit not... | |
 | Darke County (Ohio) - 1880 - 774 pages
...PAYMENTS — FARMING IMPLEMENTS — CONDITION OF COUNTY IN 1824. " Each of us is only the footing-up of a double column of figures that goes back to the first pair " asserts a great truth, since each generation inherits not alone the features, but much of the moral,... | |
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Each of us is only the footing up of a double column of figures that goes back to the first pair. Every unit tells, — and some of them are plus, and some minus. If the columns don't add up right, it is commonly because we can't make out all the figures. 
