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The Earth and Man: Lectures on Comparative Physical Geography in Its ... - Page 261
by Arnold Guyot - 1856 - 334 pages
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The Earth and Man: Lectures on Comparative Physical Geography, in Its ...

Arnold Guyot - 1849 - 376 pages
...on her part is a recompense for effort on his. Less mighty, less gigantesque, even while challenging man to the conflict, she leaves him the hope of victory...intelligent labor, more than his necessities require ; she gives him ease and leisure, which permit him to cultivate all the lofty faculties of his higher nature....
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The Earth and Man: Lectures on Comparative Physical Geography in Its ...

Arnold Guyot - 1853 - 356 pages
...on her part is a recompense for effort on his. Less mighty, less gigantesque, even while challenging man to the conflict, she leaves him the hope of victory...give him scope to cultivate all the lofty faculties 23* of his higher nature. Here, physical nature is not a tyiant, but a useful helper; the active faculties,...
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Select specimens of English prose [ed.] by E. Hughes

Edward Hughes - 1853 - 766 pages
...part is a recompence for effort ou his. Nature here, even while challenging man to the conflict, gives him the hope of victory ; and if she does not show...prodigal, she grants to his active and intelligent labour more than his necessities require ; while she calls out his energy, she thus gives him ease...
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The Earth and Man ...

Arnold Guyot - 1855 - 360 pages
...on her part is a recompense for effort on his. Less mighty, less gigantesque, even while challenging man to the conflict, she leaves him the hope of victory...give him scope to cultivate all the lofty faculties 23* of his highe- nature. Here, physical nature is not a tyiant, but a useful helper; the active faculties,...
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The graduated series of reading-lesson books, Book 4

Graduated series - 1859 - 462 pages
...her part is a recompense for effort on his. Less mighty, let's gigantesque, even while challenging man to the conflict, she leaves him the hope of victory...intelligent labor more than his necessities require ; she gives him ease and leisure, which permit him to cultivate all the lofty faculties of his higher nature......
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THE EARTH AND MAN

ARNOLD GUYOT - 1860 - 342 pages
...on her part is a recompense for effort on Ins. Less mighty, less gigantesque, even while challenging man to the conflict, she leaves him the hope of victory...scope to cultivate all the lofty faculties of his flight nature. Here, physical nature is not 0-. 1 71 ant, but a useful helper; the active faculties,...
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The Progressive English reading books, Volume 3

Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1862 - 392 pages
...part is a recompense for effort on his. Nature here, even while challenging man to the conflict, gives him the hope of victory; and, if she does not show...prodigal, she grants to his active and intelligent labour more than his necessities require ; while she calls out his energy, she thus gives him ease...
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The Educational record, with the proceedings at large of the ..., Volumes 5-6

British and foreign school society - 1863 - 566 pages
...brow ; every gift on her part is a recompence for effort on his.] Less mighty, even while challenging man to the conflict, she leaves him the hope of victory...prodigal, she grants to his active and intelligent labour more than his necessities require; she gives him ease and leisure, which permit him to cultivate...
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The Earth and Man: Lectures on Comparative Physical Geograpy, in Its ...

Arnold Guyot - 1872 - 354 pages
...on her part is a recompense for effort on his. Less mighty, less gigantesque, even while challuigmg man to the conflict, she leaves him the hope of victory...active and intelligent labor more than his necessities req ire ; she allows him ease and leisure, which give hin scope to cultivate all the ofty faculties...
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The Royal readers. (Roy. sch. ser.). Ser.3. No.1,2 [2 eds.], 4, Volume 6

Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1873 - 408 pages
...part is a recompense for effort on his. Nature here, even while challenging man to the conflict, gives him the hope of victory ; and if she does not show...prodigal, she grants to his active and 'intelligent labour more than his necessities require. While she calls out his energy, she thus gives him ease and...
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