 In every such change we recognize the action of Force. And in the only case in which we are admitted into any personal knowledge of the origin of force, we find it connected (possibly by intermediate links untraceable by our faculties, but yet indisputably...  Familiar lectures on scientific subjects - Page 401by sir John Frederick W. Herschel (1st bart.) - 1867Full view - About this book
 | Henry Frank - 1919 - 428 pages
...knowledge of the origin of the force, we find it connected with Volition, and by inevitable consequence with intellect, and with all those attributes of mind...arms, legs, brains and viscera) personality consists. Constituted as the human mind is, if Nature be not interpretable through these conceptions, it is not... | |
 | 1903 - 896 pages
...astronomer, Sir John Herschel, says, "In the only case in which we are admitted into any personal knowledge of the origin of force, we find it connected (possibly...consequence, with motive, with intellect, and with those attributes of mind in which, — and not in the possession of arms, legs, brains, and viscera,... | |
 | 1905 - 604 pages
...the only case in which we are admitted into any personal knowledge of the origin of force, we find it connected with volition, and by inevitable consequence...all those attributes of mind in which — and not in possession of arms, legs, brains, and viscera, personality consists. . . . Constituted as the human... | |
 | 1880 - 862 pages
...conclusion by oral communication. In the only case in which we are admitted into any personal knowledge of the origin of force, we find it connected (possibly by intermediate links untraceable by out faculties, yet indisputably connected) with volition, and by inevitable consequence, with motive,... | |
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