Philosophical principles of education and their scientific application to the development and perfection of medical science : delivered before the Louisiana State Medical Society at its 10th annual session, Monroe, Louisiana, April 25th, 1888 / by Joseph Jones.

  • Jones, Joseph, 1833-1896.
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[1888?]
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Credit: Philosophical principles of education and their scientific application to the development and perfection of medical science : delivered before the Louisiana State Medical Society at its 10th annual session, Monroe, Louisiana, April 25th, 1888 / by Joseph Jones. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    act upon the exterior universe—formed by the Eternal in His Own Image, for purposes stretching into infinite ages, and with capacities of rejoicing forever in the warm beams of God's universal and all-vivifying love. It is a universal law that the component parts of the uni- verse have not in themselves the entire aim or reason of their existence—every form of matter is definitely related to every other form of matter upon the face of the globe, and the combinations of these various relations and actions and re-actions of terrestrial masses, form the essential con- ditions for the manifestations of the designs of the Creator. As man is composed of inorganic elements, and governed by all the laws, physical, chemical and astronomical which govern the exterior world, it follows as a necessary conse- quence that the peculiar constitution and relations of the inorganic elements of the crust of our globe must affect the physical and moral endowments of man. The solid portion of the globe has been constructed for man, just as the body has been made for the soul. The material relations of the solid and fluid portions of our globe, and the distribution of the forces of the sun have exerted no small influence upon the physical and mental development of the human race. The endless circulation of matter resulting from the combined actions of the forces of the sun, and the forces of the matter of our globe—every earth- quake which, in past or present times, has fractured and dislocated the solid strata of the earth, ele- vated the bed of the ocean or depressed the level of the continents—every volcano which has poured forth the liquid contents of the interior of the earth—every flood which has swept over the ancient continents, has contributed more or less to the formation of a suitable soil for the maintenance of plants and animals, and the development of the human race. The examination of the material relations of celestial and terrestrial motions, and animated beings, demonstrate that 2