The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 149Atlantic Monthly Company, 1932 - American essays |
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Page 138
... Nature insists upon growth . There is no standing still in nature . There can be no growth where there is inertia . The only alternative is death . Growth is a surplus of return over expenditure . In other words , growth is profit . And ...
... Nature insists upon growth . There is no standing still in nature . There can be no growth where there is inertia . The only alternative is death . Growth is a surplus of return over expenditure . In other words , growth is profit . And ...
Page 609
... Nature might easily take a hint from the Scotchman , who , for the fuller expression of his musical and martial nature , has provided him- self with an extra lung which he carries under his arm . Indeed , I will venture to say that a ...
... Nature might easily take a hint from the Scotchman , who , for the fuller expression of his musical and martial nature , has provided him- self with an extra lung which he carries under his arm . Indeed , I will venture to say that a ...
Page 687
... nature . Control is the essence of scien- tific purpose . But the new psychology , calling itself a science , has supple- mented the decay of religion to rob us of control over human nature that is , over our appetites . ―― One solution ...
... nature . Control is the essence of scien- tific purpose . But the new psychology , calling itself a science , has supple- mented the decay of religion to rob us of control over human nature that is , over our appetites . ―― One solution ...
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