 The human animal is the only one which is naked, and the only one which can clothe itself. This is one of the properties which renders him an animal of all climates, and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering to the temperature...  Outlines of Physical Geography - Page 190by George William Fitch - 1856 - 225 pagesFull view - About this book
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...itself. This is one of the properties which renders him an animal of all climates, and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering...he might have been comforted by its warmth in high and cold latitudes, it would have oppressed him by its weight and heat, towards the equator. The beautiful... | |
 | Ichabod Nichols - Anatomy - 1829 - 198 pages
...itself. This is one of the properties which renders him an animal of all climates aad of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering...warmth in high latitudes, it would have oppressed iiitn by its weight and heat, as the species spread toward the equator. What art however does for men,... | |
 | William Hales - Bible - 1830 - 510 pages
...itself. This is one of the properties which renders him an animal of all climates and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering...him by its weight and heat, as the species spread towards the Equator." This is the simple, but profound remark of Paley, Natural Theology, p. 231. 2.... | |
 | William Paley - Sermons - 1830 - 406 pages
...itself. This is one of the properties which renders him an animal of all climates, and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering...temperature of his habitation. Had he been born with fleece upon his back, although he might have been comforted by its warmth in high latitudes, it would... | |
 | William Paley - Natural theology - 1830 - 296 pages
...itself. This is one of the properties which renders him an animal of all climates, and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering...temperature of his habitation. Had he been born with fleece upon his back, although he might have been comforted by its warmth in high latitudes, it would... | |
 | Ichabod Nichols - Anatomy - 1831 - 224 pages
...itself. This is one of the properties which renders him an animal of all climates and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering...and heat, as the species 'spread toward the equator. What art however does for men, nature has in many instances done for those animals which are incapable... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...itself. This is one of the properties which readers him an animal of all climates and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering...although he might have been comforted by its warmth in cold climates, it would have oppressed him by its weight and heat, as the species spread towards the... | |
 | 1834 - 582 pages
...renders him an animal of all climates, and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of has covering, to the temperature of his habitation. Had he been born with a fleece npon his back, although he might have been comforted by its warmth in high latitudes, it would have... | |
 | Children's periodicals - 1844 - 372 pages
...itself. This is one of the properties which renders him an animal of all climates, and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering...temperature of his habitation. Had he been born with a fleec* upon his back, although he might have been comforted by its warmth in cold latitudes, it would... | |
 | 1834 - 536 pages
...itself. This is one of the properties which renders him an animal of all climates, and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering,...him by its weight and heat, as the species spread towards the equator. — PALBY. 58 THE SATURDAY MAGAZINE. 59 THE WELLINGTON SHIELD. No. VIII. THE BATTLE... | |
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