 We do not usually find, that the men most distinguished for that combination of intellectual powers which is known as talent are disposed to make such use of alcoholic stimulants for the purpose of augmenting their mental powers; for that spontaneous...  Passages from the History of a Wasted Life - 第189页作者：John Ross Dix - 1853 - 248 页全本阅读 - 图书信息
 | Truth-seeker and present age - 1850 - 478 页
...sueh aid, we eaunot hut believe that it wonld have been steadier and less prematurely qnenehed. "106. We do not usually find that the men most distinguished for that eombination of intelleetual powers whieh is known as talent, are disposed to make sueh use of Aleoholia... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1851 - 374 页
...such aid, we cannot but believe that it would have been steadier and less prematurely quenched. 106. We do not usually find that the men most distinguished...which it is the tendency of alcohol to excite, is not favourable to the exercise of the observing and purely reasoning faculties, or to the steady devotement... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1853 - 200 页
...stimulants, gives place, usually after a few hours, to the opposite state of languor and despondency. 147. "We do not usually find that the men most distinguished...augmenting their mental powers; for that spontaneous or automatic activity of the mind itself, which it is the tendency of Alcohol to excite, is not favourable... | |
 | William Benjamin Carpenter - 1860 - 206 页
...aid, we cannot but believe that it would have been steadier and less prematurely quenched. 106. Wo do not usually find that the men most distinguished...augmenting their mental powers ; for that spontaneous ao tivity of the mind itself, which it is the tendency of alcohol to excite, is not favourable to the... | |
 | Luther Benson - 1877 - 232 页
...not usually find that the men most distinguished for a combination of powers called talent or genius, are disposed to make such use of alcoholic stimulants...their mental powers, for that spontaneous activity of mind itself which alcohol has a tendency to excite is not favorable to the exercise of the observing... | |
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