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Whenever a mind is simple, and receives a divine wisdom, old things pass away, means, teachers, texts, temples, fall; it lives now, and absorbs past and future into the present hour. All things are made sacred by relation to it, one as much as another. All things are dissolved to their center by their cause, and, in the universal miracle, petty and particular miracles disappear.
Wolston, I am too well up in physics to be easily driven off my perch, and therefore may safely take my turn in philosophising." "Well, we are listening." "The air, by means of the vapor it contains, absorbs electricity from terrestrial bodies, and so becomes a sort of reservoir of this invisible fluid.
This powerfully attracts and absorbs the noxious effluvia emitted by the burning charcoal. But if fresh air be necessary for those in health, much more so for the sick, who often lose their lives for want of it.
In a word, by the vision of God, she is made a partaker of the divine nature, and, like a very god, she shines unto all eternity in the divine brightness. A diamond, carefully cut and perfectly polished, glitters and shines in the sun with exceeding brilliancy. It not only reflects the light, but also absorbs it into itself, so as to shine even in the dark with the light it has absorbed.
All of these three classes of functions the Moneron performs but with any part of its body, or with all of it. Every part, or the whole, of the Moneron absorbs food and oxygen it is all mouth and lungs. Every part, or the whole, digests the food it is all stomach. Every part, or the whole, performs the reproductive function it is all reproductive organism.
"A man's genius is commensurate with his ability of absorbing from life the elements essential to his artistic completion. Balzac possessed this power in a remarkable degree. But, strange to say, it was evil that attracted him most. He absorbed it as a sponge absorbs water; perhaps because there was so little of it in his own make-up.
'Cousin, said Henry, kindly, 'beware of casting yourself into a life-wearying sorrow; for holy men will tell you that it is the stepmother of souls, and that it absorbs spiritual joy, and generates prejudice to the Holy Spirit.
Formerly the lead was brought from Nerchinsk or purchased in England, the land transport in either case being very expensive. Several years ago lead was found in the Altai mountains, and the supply is now sufficient for all purposes. The lead absorbs the silver, and leaves the copper in the refuse matter.
At least it absorbs the mud. Just as we were about to start for a balcony beneath which he was almost sure to pass, our Turkish friend whispered to us that if we wore capes we might take our cameras. Imagine our delight, for it was so dangerous. But the capes! Ours were not half long enough to conceal the camera properly. It was growing late.
A few drops of ether or of any volatile liquid placed on the skin, produce a marked sense of coldness, because the heat necessary to change the liquid into vapor has been drawn rapidly from the skin. This principle holds good for every particle of sweat that reaches the mouth of a sweat gland. As the sweat evaporates, it absorbs a certain amount of heat, and cools the body to that extent.
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