 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
 | Periodicals - 1835 - 272 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. — I'ALK v. THE WELLINGTON SHIELD. No. VIII. THE BATTLE OF VITTORIA. THE Campaign... | |
 | William Paley - Natural history - 1836 - 482 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. What art, however, does for men, nature has, in many instances, done for those... | |
 | William Paley - Natural history - 1836 - 480 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. What art, however, does for men, nature has, in many instances, done for those... | |
 | Elizabeth Ann Hendry - 1836 - 128 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...oppressed him by its weight and heat as the species spread towards the equator. The clothing of many animals, particularly of that large tribe of quadrupeds that... | |
 | William Paley - 1837 - 428 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 man, nature has, in many instances, done for those animals which are... | |
 | William Paley - Clergy - 1838 - 586 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. ing, of its own accord, changes with their necessities. This is particularly the... | |
 | Saturday magazine - 1840 - 1078 pages
...one of the properties which renders him nn animal of all climates and of all seasons. He can ndapt the warmth or lightness of his covering to the temperature of his habitation. Had he been born with afleeceupon hisback.althougri he might have been comforted by its warmth in high latitudes, it would... | |
 | Jane Thomas (née Pinhorn) - 1858 - 450 pages
...and this is one of the properties which render him an animal of all climates, and of all seasons. He can adapt the warmth or lightness of his covering to the temperature of his habitation. What art, however, does for men, nature has, in many instances, done for those animals which are incapable... | |
 | William Paley - Natural history - 1849 - 306 pages
...itself. This is one of the properties which render 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.* What art, however, does for men, nature has in many instances done for those... | |
 | Richard Phillips (sir.) - 1851
...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...oppressed him by its weight and heat as the species spread towards the equator." 162. The different races into which the human family have been divided, will... | |
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