 My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts ; but why this should have caused the atrophy of that part of the brain alone on which the higher tastes depend, I cannot conceive.  Southern Educational Review - Stran 1051907Celotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Thomas Rain - 1904 - 246 strani
...I have tried lately to read Shakspeare and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me. . . . My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of facts ; but why this should have caused the atrophy of that part of the brain alone, on which the higher... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1904 - 884 strani
...involved and the possible injurious effects. It was doubtless too severe a self-analysis to say, ' My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts,' but it may be allowed that the scientific mood became more and more dominant... | |
 | Bliss Perry - 1904 - 192 strani
...which they may contain), and essays on all sorts of subjects interest me as much as ever they did. My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts, but why this should have caused the atrophy of that part of the brain alone,... | |
 | Is. van Dijk - 1904 - 228 strani
...ontstaat er verintellectualiseering, instrumentwording van den geest. Darwin zelf drukte het aldus uit: „my mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws." De geest is hier gekomen onder den ban van het natuurwetenschappelijk denken, zoodat wij ten slotte... | |
 | William Ralph Inge - 1904 - 316 strani
...dull that it nauseated me. I have also almost lost my taste for pictures and music. My mind seerns to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts ; but why this should have caused the atrophy of that part of the brain... | |
 | William Ralph Inge - 1905 - 312 strani
...lately to read Shakespeare, and found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me. I have also almost lost my taste for pictures and music. My mind seems...a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts ; but why this should have caused the atrophy of that part of the brain... | |
 | Edwin Francis See - 1905 - 200 strani
...found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me. I have also almost lost my taste for pictures or music. My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts; but why this should have caused the atrophy of that part of the brain alone,... | |
 | Aubrey Lackington Moore - 1905 - 292 strani
...found it so intolerably dull that it nauseated me. I have also almost lost my taste for pictures or music. . . . My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts, but why this should have caused the atrophy of that part of the brain alone... | |
 | James Augustin Brown Scherer - 1905 - 222 strani
...retain some taste for fine scenery, but it does not cause me the exquisite delight which it once did. My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts, but why this should have caused the atrophy of that part of the brain alone... | |
 | 1908 - 906 strani
...which they may contain), and essays on all sorts of subjects, interest me as much as ever they did. My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts, but why this should have caused the atrophy of that part of the brain alone... | |
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