 | Sir Norman Lockyer - 1877 - 634 pages
...we cannot do better than emphasize the warning with which the author closes his Introduction : — " We are still only on the threshold of the inquiry,...explain the mechanism of the brain and its functions. To thoughtful minds the time may setm as far off as ever." The volume opens with an elementary sketch... | |
 | 1877 - 804 pages
...complex and obscure of all mechanisms — the brain of animals and of man. The author wisely says : " We are still only on the threshold of the inquiry,...explain the mechanism of the brain and its functions." Much, however, has undoubtedly been accomplished toward the attainment of this end, though the steps... | |
 | B. F. Cocker - 1882 - 214 pages
...electrical stimulation." (LEWES: "Nature," Vol. XV, p. 74.) Well may Dr. Ferrier himself confess : " We are still only on the threshold of the inquiry,...it may be questioned whether the time has even yet come for an attempt to explain the mechanism of the brain and its functions. To thoughtful minds the... | |
 | B. F. Cocker - 1882 - 212 pages
...still only on the threshold of the inquiry, and it may be questioned whether the time has even yet come for an attempt to explain the mechanism of the brain and its functions. To thoughtful minds the time may seem as far off as ever." (" Functions of the Brain," p. xv.) See... | |
 | John Theodore Merz - 1912 - 848 pages
...work in the English language, takes up a less negative position ; yet he says (p. 23) : " We are still on the threshold of the inquiry, and it may be questioned...explain the mechanism of the brain and its functions. To thoughtful minds the time may seem as far off as ever." Prof. William James of Harvard, in his excellent... | |
 | 1903 - 496 pages
..."Though great advances have been made within the last ten years, much, however, still remains to be done. We are still only on the threshold of the inquiry,...explain the mechanism of the brain and its functions." This is rather a gloomy outlook after a century of experiment which consisted of mutilating and torturing... | |
 | John Theodore Merz - 1903 - 832 pages
...work in the English language, takes up a less negative position ; yet he says (p. 23) : "We are still on the threshold of the inquiry, and it may be questioned...attempt to explain the mechanism of the brain and ite functions. To thoughtful minds the time may seem as far off as ever." Prof. William James of Harvard,... | |
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We are still only on the threshold of the inquiry, and it may be questioned whether the time has even yet arrived for an attempt to explain the mechanism of the brain and its functions. To thoughtful minds the time may seem as far off as ever... 