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Now and then he passes a high, strong post, placed where there is any dangerous spot upon the plain; for there are perilous quicksands, imperceptible to any eye, lurking in sullen and patient treachery for any unwary footstep.
Such cases may seem to prove that mutilation associated with morbid action is occasionally inherited or repeated with a promptitude and thoroughness that contrast most strikingly with the imperceptible nature of the immediate inheritance of the effects of use and disuse; but they by no means prove that mutilation in general is inheritable, and they are absolutely no proof whatever of a normal and non-pathological tendency to the inheritance of acquired characters.
One important point about self-evidence is made clear by the case of memory, and that is, that self-evidence has degrees: it is not a quality which is simply present or absent, but a quality which may be more or less present, in gradations ranging from absolute certainty down to an almost imperceptible faintness.
Stukeley: "The situation of Abury is finely chosen for the purpose it was destined to, being the more elevated part of a plain, from whence there is almost an imperceptible descent every way. Into this you descend on all sides from higher ground. The whole Temple of Abury may be considered as a picture, and it really is so.
Peter Ruff nodded. He was a little sparing of words just then. The thoughts were chasing one another through his brain. He was listening, too, for the sweep of a dress behind. "Is there nothing I can do?" Lady Mary begged, eagerly. Peter Ruff shook his head. In the distance he saw the Honourable Maurice come quickly toward them. With a firm but imperceptible gesture he waved him away.
Looking at this proportion, does any one think there will be, on the whole, wisdom and virtue enough in the community to render this black infusion imperceptible or innoxious?
The Sea Lion of the Vineyard was doing her best, all this time; and though unable to keep her station on her consort's weather bow, where she had been most of the morning, she was dropped so very slowly as to render the change nearly imperceptible.
God was man, and Felsenburgh his Incarnation! Yes, she must believe that! She did believe that! Then she saw how already the long procession was winding up beneath the screen, and by imperceptible art the light grew yet more acutely beautiful. Surely here was reassurance enough. The sanctuary now held a figure or two. Anxious-faced Mr.
Lady Orlay had returned to the group standing near the fire. He turned and met her eyes, making an imperceptible movement of his eyebrows, as of one who had made an attempt and failed. They waited in silence while Wanda read the letter, and at length she handed it back to him. "Yes," she said, "I read it differently.
He named certain of the cries and imperceptible tremors that they could hear in the grass, in the depths of the air. She said: "Ah! You see that, too?" He replied that Gottfried had taught him to distinguish them. "You, too?" she said a little crossly. He wanted to say to her: "Do not be jealous."
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