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Anonymous. The Senses and the Mind
The Senses and the Mind
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THE SENSES AND THE MIND
CHAPTER I. ON THE GENERAL RELATIONSHIP OF MAN TO THE WORLD AROUND HIM, AND HIS ADAPTATION TO THE PLANET HE TENANTS
CHAPTER II. MAN'S KNOWLEDGE OF THE QUALITIES OF MATTER OBTAINED THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE SENSES
CHAPTER III. THE SENSES, AS THE INLETS TO KNOWLEDGE—SIGHT AND HEARING
CHAPTER IV. OBSERVATIONS ON THE AGENCY OF THE SENSES, RELATIVE TO THE UNION BETWEEN MIND AND MATTER; AND ON THE OCCASIONAL IMPERFECTION OF THE BODILY ORGANS OF THE SENSES, WITH THE RESULTS DEPENDING THEREUPON
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Anonymous
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Light is a stimulus both to the animal and vegetable worlds. It is when daylight breaks that "man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening;" it is when light breaks that the feathered songsters of the grove join in one chorus of—why may we not say so?—instinct-urged thanksgiving. O man, gifted with reason! O man, the heir of immortality! utter, then, thy song of praise, of gratitude, that the light of another day is bestowed upon thee: and then be diligent in all that God has called upon thee to perform, seeing that "the night cometh, when no man can work."
Light is a stimulus, more or less grateful to every living creature. Reader, have you ever wandered along the sea-shore, and explored the masses of rock left uncovered when the tide is fully out; there, adhering to the surface of the stone, in little ponds, mimic bays, may be seen scores of sea-anemonies (actinia.) If the sky be bright, there will they be, with their painted tentacles all expanded, animal flowerets feeling the influence of light; but let the sky change, let clouds obscure the day, and they retract their tentacles and shrink into repose. These animals have no eyes, but yet they are sentient of light. We mention these sea-anemonies merely by way of example; other eyeless, and we may say, apparently nerveless creatures evidently enjoy the influence of light, as the hydra, the medusa, and the polyps of corals.
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