 ... to the progress of the human race; or, at least, that the industry and advancement of nations has appeared in some measure to depend on a certain proportion between their necessities and their natural resources. Man is by nature an indolent animal,...  The Chinese - Seite 9von sir John Francis Davis (1st bart.) - 1836Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1825 - 896 Seiten
...depend on a certain proportion between their necettUiet and their natural resources. Man is by nature an indolent animal, and without the stimulant of necessity, will in the first instance be inclined to get on, as well as he can, with the provision that nature has made for him. In the warm... | |
 | 1825 - 896 Seiten
...on a certain proportion between their necettities and their natural retourcet. Man is by nature an indolent animal, and without the stimulant of necessity, will in the first instance be inclined to get on, as well as he can, with the provision that nature has made for him. In the warm... | |
 | Sir John Francis Davis - 1840 - 422 Seiten
...on a certain proportion between their necessities and their natural resources. Man is by nature an indolent animal, and without the stimulant of necessity...and where food itself is produced with very little exertion,1 we find how small a progress has in most instances been made ; while, on the other hand,... | |
 | 1869 - 428 Seiten
...others more sensual ; the latter being usually found in the warm and fertile regions of the tropics, where lodging and clothing, the two necessary things...by the climate, and where food itself is produced by little exertion. We do not attempt to say which class of character is the more difficult to be acted... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1875 - 610 Seiten
...on a certain proportion between their necessities and their natural resources. Man is by nature an indolent animal, and without the stimulant of necessity...warm and fertile regions of the tropics, or rather the equinoctial, where lodging and clothing, the two necessary things after food, are rendered almost... | |
 | Francis Lieber - 1876 - 472 Seiten
...on a certain proportion between their necessities and their natural resources. Man is by nature an indolent animal, and without the stimulant of necessity...warm and fertile regions of the tropics, or rather the equinoctial, where lodging and clothing, the two necessary things after food, are rendered almost... | |
 | Edmund Woodward Brown - 1885 - 288 Seiten
...influence our domestic, social, and moral character. By nature man is indolent, and, unless compelled, will in the first instance get on as well as he can without work, and with only the provision that nature has made for him. So that in tropical regions,... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 586 Seiten
...on a certain proportion between their necessities and their natural resources. Man is by nature an indolent animal ; and without the stimulant of necessity...has made for him. In the warm and fertile regions of'the tropics, or rather of the equinoctial, where lodging and clothing — the two necessary things... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1899 - 544 Seiten
...on a certain proportion between their necessities and their natural resources. Man is by nature an indolent animal ; and without the stimulant of necessity...after food — are rendered almost superfluous by climate, and where food is produced with very little exertion, we find how small a progress has been... | |
 | Church missionary society - 162 Seiten
...others more sensual ; the latter being usually found in the warm and fertile regions of the tropics, where lodging and clothing, the two necessary things...by the climate, and where food itself is produced by little exertion. We do not attempt to say which class of character is the more difficult to be acted... | |
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