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    278 NOTICES OF BOOKS,

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    Physiology For % Common Schools, By Mrs....

    ing " away But the of machinery wearing away ; as that was goes said before on in a , it living is more bod like y is the not burning like the wear away - of fuel in

    turns to gas the and fire goes . Part up the of the chimney coal ; that in something has been like burned the and same done manner with , ,

    the turn parts to Breath of our and body Persp that iration have given , and out go their off from nourishment our bodies and . are done with , " The Breath comes away out of our mouth and nose ; the Perspiration

    to comes be seen away except through throug the h little a microscope holes or , p but ores which in the lie skin close , which together are too all small over the surface of the body . "

    think "We , ju m stif ust y find our room remark for on tlie the concluding religious * tone chap of ter the , whi work ch , . will , we

    human " When , body we , — think of all that of all is the constantl movements y going of on this inside wonderful us , whether machine we wake , the or sleep , whether we rest or move , whether we think upon it or not , —we can

    directs hardly each help feeling motion that and that there every must instant be some provides hidden for power our safety within . us that cease " We to beat lie down , or the each lungs nig to ht breathe to sleep , , during and have the hours no fear of lest our the unconsciousness heart should .

    to And breathe yet we . know not what it is that causes the heart to beat and the lungs " We eat and satisfy our hunger , and think no more about it ; and

    knowing thousands how and it thousands is that the of food peop feeds le eat them and . satisfy themselves without even make " They blood little think of the manufactory inside them that is necessary to

    gas from coals out , paper of food from —far rags more , or curious sugar from than the the juice manufactory of the plant that . makes " They little think that their life and the health and comfort of each

    food down time moment from ; the for depend wrong going instance into upon way , upon ; the little upon intestine the doors the wind stomach or -p valve ipe valve valve s the opening , valves , that that and prevents prevents in shuttin the heart the the g at undi food and the gested going veins right

    which keep the blood in its right course ; upon , and prevent its flowing backwards . did "We not breathe but in the few air of e us very know instant wh , we and breathe feel that and we what should it die is in if the we ; very

    invisible air that sustains the life and warmth y of the , body . these " Wh movement at would become of us if it depended upon ourselves to direct all

    if the lungs ceased s within to breathe us ?—if if the we heart forgot waited to stretch for ns them to make wide it to beat receive ; or the air ?

    " Try and move your arm backwards and forwards , without stopping , as beg fast in as to your ache heart and grow beats— tired sevent and y you times will a minute be obli -r— ged and to see leave how off soon ; and it will yet the hearth it is

    that moves , althoug in the arm , never made tires of the day same or ni kind ght . of substance as the muscle not '' dep It is end left upon to ourselves their motions to move but our if limbs we had as to we guide please the , because motions life of those does

    parts on which life does depend ; , would life itself have any value for us ? that one Could another are we given turn , or us our do to the thoughts enjoy work ? that for a it moment is our to duty anything to do , or else enj ?— oy Could the blessings we help

    u We And call yet it what Lipe is this but wonderful we cannot hidden tell what power life that is keep onl s all know in motion that it ?

    is th e g has ift of not G been od , and left ; that to ourselve ' in Him we live and move ; we and hav y e our being . '

    more " than the watchmaker leaves it s to to the make owner this of living the watch machine to turn go , each any wheel and each

    that a man move takes care spring of his w that atch makes , and makes watch it g o well : but , by in winding the same it way up

    278 Notices Of Books,

    278 NOTICES OF BOOKS ,

• Citation
  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), June 1, 1860, page 278, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01061860/page/62/