| 单词 | transmutation |
| 例句 | The idea of evolution, or transmutation, as it was then called, had been debated and refuted for years. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But toward the end of his voyage, and now back in England, as he looked at bird specimens from the Galapagos Islands, Charles had the beginnings of a new theory to explain transmutation. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He did not, you notice, say that transmutation was impossible; but he approached the problem scientifically. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z That spirit of social initiative disappeared in a short time, pulled away by the fever of the magnets, the astronomical calculations, the dreams of transmutation, and the urge to discover the wonders of the world. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Back in London, he talked with Hensleigh about science and religion, working out his thoughts about transmutation of species, about God, and about natural selection. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He was hinting here, in print, about the transmutation of species, about how new species were created, by adapting to their surroundings, by the means of natural selection. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z With the transmutation of her divisions priorities from aeronautics to space, however, her work was taking a particularly toothsome turn. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z He believed he had seen transmutation performed; he evidently thought it likely that the anonymous stranger who had performed it, in his presence and with his assistance, was an angel, no less. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The queen dubbed it “the Chrysopoesium”—from chrysopoeia, the transmutation of base metal into gold—and she wore her necklace of his hair when she came to present it to him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z In 1919, Rutherford had become the first scientist to achieve the medieval fantasy of chemical transmutation: by bombarding nitrogen with radioactivity, he had converted it into oxygen. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z He still holds me responsible for the transmutation of our ship into copper. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Some descendants of these fishes eventually abandoned the water and moved to dry land, where they evolved into other animals by the transmutation of one form into another. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He had distilled it at the age of sixteen, enabling him to work miracles, among them the highest aspiration of the ancient art: the transmutation of lead into gold. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Boyle and Newton believed in the transmutation of base metals into gold; but they were excellent judges when dealing with other empirical questions. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Meanwhile as Charles worked hard, not only on his geology, but also on his ideas about the transmutation of species, the more he learned, the more skeptical he became about religion. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Geologists had proposed that the current shape of the earth—its rocks, chasms, and mountains—had been created by the transmutation of previous elements. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z How could Boyle, one of the key figures of the Scientific Revolution, be so totally convinced of the reality of alchemical transmutation? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z That first night of our copper transmutation, I venture out to see how Calliope has weathered the change. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The transmutation of the elements was pursued in medieval laboratories in a quest called alchemy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z His birds and Malthus’s theory had given him the mechanism for the transmutation of species. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew that these doubts and his revolutionary thoughts about transmutation and the creation of species would stand in his way of finding a wife. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t report that as he reviewed some of his finds on the journey home, he began, tentatively, to explore the idea of the transmutation of species. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And, oh, the insights and uncommon pleasures to be gleaned from such acts of transmutation. Review: ‘Twelfth Night,’ in Two Plays, Blurs Identity 2015-03-29T04:00:00Z Then I discovered “sexual transmutation” – the idea that you can harness your sexual energy to achieve goals. My life in sex: the woman who achieves her goals by masturbation 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z In jazz, Mr. Lewis said, he felt a transmutation of black spirit and resilience that he expressed in physiological terms. This Artist Got His Start as an I.C.U. Nurse 2020-03-19T04:00:00Z “Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights” translates the bloody upheavals of our last few decades into the comic-book antics of warring jinn wielding bolts of fire, mystical transmutations and rhyming battle spells. Salman Rushdie’s new novel is a swirling tale of genies and geniuses 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z And so it is at Frick Madison: an unexpectedly audacious transmutation of the city’s plushest museum within Marcel Breuer’s home for the Whitney Museum of American Art. The Frick Savors the Opulence of Emptiness 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Syllable by syllable, it transported me back to the city where I spent my 20s and developed a perverse love for the broad “a” and the tough-sounding transmutation of “the” into “duh.” A Summer of Buzzing Bugs, Tunes or Mets’ Losses 2013-08-29T21:54:01Z The literal transmutation of money into time: A Private Jet. 41 Days, 26 Shows, 10 Countries: A Rock Tour Diary 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z It is impossible to talk about Georges Méliès without talking about magic and the art of transmutation. Dead famous: the Kickstarter campaign to restore Méliès's grave 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z There remains, though, the question of whether a tradition of "transmutation" really influenced Darwin. Darwin's Ghosts by Rebecca Stott – review 2012-06-01T21:55:09Z For most theater companies this transmutation would indicate a very unusual drama. 13P Theater Collective Set for Its Last Production 2012-07-12T20:33:45Z His first three records as a leader for Blue Note display especially thrilling powers of transmutation. The World’s Greatest Living Jazz Composer Celebrates His Eighty-fifth Birthday 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z There is an archaeology of trauma to be found if you look closely, and in its layers and transmutations you see how a nation has wrestled with the burden of one of history’s immense horrors. Critic’s Notebook: Israel’s Holocaust Museums Evolve in Message and Methods 2012-09-04T22:03:21Z The recording’s profound heart is Liszt’s transmutation of Wagner, in Mr. Levit’s hands a miracle of control and consolation. The 25 Best Classical Music Tracks of 2018 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z We pioneered the panorama and the pageant and with the living newspaper plays of the 1930s helped forge the transmutation of yesterday's headlines into tomorrow's two-act. In pursuit of US theatre's past perfect 2010-12-22T12:45:04Z With its star’s transmutation into a slightly milder variation of his standard screen persona, “I Love You Phillip Morris” is a Jim Carrey movie all the way: a good one, I might add. | 'I Love You Phillip Morris': A Winning Smile Makes the Scamming a Breeze 2010-12-03T00:00:00Z How screen performers must crave the command that Bowie asserted over his own transmutations, and envy the fruits that he plucked from new technology. David Bowie in the Movies 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z It’s a masterly transmutation of the prayerful impulses that are the dance motor of “Revelations” into a more abstract form of worship. Dance Review: Ailey Troupe in Devotional Moods at BAM 2010-06-13T21:17:00Z All the artworks are a step removed from life — a transmutation of the everyday into something more singular. New York Galleries: What to See Right Now 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z This weirdly funny novel translates the bloody conflicts between rationalists and religious fanatics into the comic-book antics of warring jinn wielding bolts of fire, mystical transmutations and rhyming battle spells. Notable fiction books of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z The sculpture relates to “yearning for freedom and transmutation in constricting situations,” Monteiro says. Willie Cole’s Ecological Interventions Turn Trash Into Art 2023-02-23T05:00:00Z Like “Volto Santo,” the two secular panels capture multiple transmutations from lifeless to living, with intimations of the sacred, all rendered in a moment of perpetual simultaneity. Piero di Cosimo, a misunderstood master, at the National Gallery of Art 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z Further, the union of two bodies was a powerful metaphor for the chemical and spiritual bonding that led to the transmutations so eagerly sought through alchemy. Bartholomeus Spranger’s wild, weird and voluptuous art at the Met Made in editions of 12, the geometric drawings depicted on the throws recall regional fables, like “Le tigre fumant la pipe,” which is a linguistic transmutation of the Korean saying for “Once upon a time.” A Fashion Guide to Miami Art Week 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z Interweaving personal stories and extensive research, I hope my book invites readers to consider their own relationship to intergenerational transmutations of grief, trauma and resilience. Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: The Ways We Inherit Historical Traumas 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z Indeed, when Soddy realized what was going on, he shouted to his colleague: "Rutherford, this is transmutation!" Will "godlike AI" kill us all — or unlock the secrets of the universe? Probably not 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z To him the sun was less a stable object than a river, in its perpetual transmutation, and he said he never saw the same eclipse twice. Jay Pasachoff, Who Pursued Eclipses Across the Globe, Dies at 79 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z It’s when those words are set to music and dramatized by a singer of skill and sympathy that the magical transmutation occurs. Bob Dylan's new book is revealing, misogynistic and a special kind of bonkers 2022-10-27T04:00:00Z The first manmade nucleus was produced in Ernest Rutherford’s laboratory in 1919 by a transmutation reaction, the bombardment of one type of nuclei with other nuclei or with neutrons. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z He says the stone carvings suggest that three rulers, all of whom died between 722AD and 776AD, were taken to the "cave of the dead" for their "transmutation". Maya rulers' ashes turned into pelota balls - expert 2022-08-02T04:00:00Z Rutherford then shot back: "For Mike's sake, Soddy, don't call it transmutation. They'll have our heads off as alchemists." Will "godlike AI" kill us all — or unlock the secrets of the universe? Probably not 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Paquette, a theoretical physicist at the University of Washington, is not alone in thinking about this strange kind of dimensional transmutation. What Is Spacetime Really Made Of? 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z In much of pop culture, civilizational collapse precedes an existential descent, with characters robbed of their humanity by circumstances that force them into previously unimaginable brutality or transmutations into something else entirely, like zombies. Review | In ‘Station Eleven,’ a pandemic is both the end and beginning of the world 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z The products of these transmutation reactions can be stable or radioactive. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z But isn’t the transmutation of dull, dense matter into something shining and precious a perfect metaphor for the writing process, and one that also happens to apply to the promise of California? Joan Didion's new collection of old essays holds the key to her 'shimmer' 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Some even predicted that controlled transmutation might produce gold as an accidental by-product, which could make people rich while solving all our energy woes. Will "godlike AI" kill us all — or unlock the secrets of the universe? Probably not 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z What are the many, interconnected biological steps and transmutations that allow a walk today to add to our life span decades from now? The ‘Omics’ of Exercise 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z The female songwriters in country performed the “transmutation of pain into power.” Review: How Dolly Parton became an unsung icon of the feminist working class 2020-10-14T04:00:00Z To reach the kinetic energies necessary to produce transmutation reactions, devices called particle accelerators are used. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z Mr. Sokolowski added that languages change all the time, and objections to those transmutations — however loud they may be in the moment — are eventually forgotten. When Dictionaries Wade Into the Gender (Non)Binary 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z "If such transmutations do succeed in spreading in matter," Joliot-Curie declared to his Nobel audience, Will "godlike AI" kill us all — or unlock the secrets of the universe? Probably not 2023-08-12T04:00:00Z Listening back on two decades of indie-jam transmutation, the biggest question probably lies in the vastness of the sound itself. Opinion | After a long, strange trip . . . all your indie faves sound like jam bands now 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z If alchemical transmutation offered one context for thinking about structures of matter, medicine provided another, particularly from the sixteenth century. More than 2,000 years of elements: a prehistory of the periodic table 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z When neutrons are required for transmutation reactions, they are usually obtained from radioactive decay reactions or from various nuclear reactions occurring in nuclear reactors. Chemistry 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z What The Walking Dead has done with the zombie genre, Colony was trying with dystopia, exploring the political microcosms and moral transmutations that evolve and persist in the face of seemingly never-ending apocalypse. Farewell to USA’s Colony, a rare dystopia that tried something new 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z It sought the transmutation of base metals into gold even as it was harnessed for applications such as weapons manufacture. The forgotten founder of ornithology 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z Dressed in robes of a prince and adorned in gold jewelry, the Bodhisattva expresses transmutation and power. The murals of Tibet, with an assist from the Dalai Lama 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z Boyle said he witnessed the transmutation of base metals into gold. This chemist is unlocking the secrets of alchemy 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z “You can use my body for your brain any time,” Peele told Lear, referencing his movie’s sinister, transmutation plot point. 'Shape of Water' takes top prize at politically charged PGA Awards 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z That transmutation of the scientific into the sublime is essential to the power of “Heal the Living,” which is, among other things, a meticulously detailed portrait of doctors at work. French filmmaker Katell Quillévéré bridges medicine and metaphysics with 'Heal the Living' 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z To chart the song’s curious intercontinental transmutation — from mournful American slave-era tune to rousing English sports chant — is to understand the malleability of meaning in cultural objects as they are move through space and time. How a Slave Spiritual Became English Rugby’s Anthem 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z Elsewhere, he has written unsparingly of “the remarkable transmutation of neoconservatism from intellectual movement to rabble-rousing Republican court ideology.” Rise of the Reactionary 2016-10-17T04:00:00Z “Everywhere I looked I could find attempts of him doing transmutation,” Principe said. This chemist is unlocking the secrets of alchemy 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Mr. Barnard, an author and editor, and Mr. Calvanese, who was the Central Park Conservancy’s vice president for operations, explore the park’s roots and transmutations. Guides to the Birds, Superlatives and History of the Hidden City 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z She seems to bring about a mystical transmutation: The Terrifying Beauty of Mallarmé 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z He is capable of endless transmutations, with an unmatched ability to command games at the line of scrimmage. If this is Peyton Manning’s last start, you better believe he’ll be ready 2016-02-06T05:00:00Z As anyone who has ever watched a werewolf movie knows, transmutation is excruciating and terrifying, but once that process has been set into motion — once you have glimpsed that full moon — it cannot be reversed. Confessions of a Seduction Addict 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Carney says the buzz he gets from the transmutation of stone to plastic never gets old, no matter how long it takes. EXCHANGE: Retired doctor uses LEGOs to build castle 2015-05-12T04:00:00Z The complex chemical makeup of chocolate must be carefully heated to the right temperature and constantly agitated, as blocks of raw chocolate are liquefied, ready for their transmutation into candies. EXCHANGE: Illinois candy company hits sweet spot 2015-01-04T05:00:00Z And, in a final act of transmutation, this funding will unlock €315 billion of capital in all: institutional investors, reckons Mr Juncker, are itching to deploy their money if only the conditions are right. Europe’s great alchemist 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z Not the popularised ’lead turning into gold’ transmutation, but the fundamental idea of taking raw materials, the base elements, and seeking answers and perfection in them as they change. Doctor Who Series 8 Episode 9 Review: 'Flatlines' 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z For instance, through some dark form of transmutation, you can convert "K coins" into "energy," which your character needs to accomplish nearly any of the game's tasks. Kim Kardashian is evil 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Whether he was bouncing alpha particles off nuclei, studying the disintegration of atoms or discovering radioactive transmutation, Rutherford’s main goal was to illustrate deep physical principles in the simplest and most direct way possible. Ernest Rutherford, master of simplicity 2013-08-30T21:45:02.847Z “It’s one of the principles of magic — transmutation.” City Room: The Great Fredini Dreams of a 3D Sideshow in Coney Island 2013-08-04T16:00:02Z That is one act of transmutation that would not be to Mr Juncker’s advantage. Europe’s great alchemist 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z The magical transmutation of which Machen writes, occurs as a story within the story. The doors of perception 2013-05-26T14:14:34Z With its combination of retail stores and financial services, PoorMart would transmutation the masses’ poverty into investors’ wealth. Cleveland: Ground zero for the housing bubble 2013-05-12T21:00:00Z If you were a “chemist” in the sixteenth century the big question was transmutation. On synthesis, design and chemistry's outstanding philosophical problems 2013-05-08T02:45:07.093Z It's this transmutation of information into practical wisdom about how the world works, and moral wisdom about how the world ought to work that sets the human apart from the algorithm - and from the computer. How to avoid information overload 2012-11-21T00:01:10Z A transmutation of our souls, such as just described, necessarily involves a rupture with the natural man, a discarding of the original individuality. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z That additional level of transmutation might prove too costly, both in terms of getting the technology licensed to operate in the U.K. and in constructing the reactor itself. Can Fast Reactors Speedily Solve Plutonium Problems? 2012-03-21T11:45:00.387Z Perpetual motion, squaring the circle, are only variants of the alchemical pursuit of the philosopher's stone, the transmutation of the baser metals, the cabalistic Abracadabra, the quest of the absolute. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z The first are termed ocular phantasms or spectres; the latter, ocular transmutations or illusions. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z There was in fact, no more power necessary to create wine, and fill the pitchers without putting water into them, than to make an actual transmutation or water into wine. Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels 2012-03-06T03:00:27.910Z The alchemists' dream seems to be coming true, for we hear whispers of the transmutation of elements. Herbert Spencer 2012-02-29T03:00:20.773Z So when chemistry was a kind of sleight-of-hand, or necromancy, something accomplished by the aid of the supernatural, people talked about the transmutation of metals, the universal solvent, and the philosopher's stone. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z In the financial world that is as absurd as perpetual motion in mechanics; it is as absurd as the fountain of eternal youth, the philosopher's stone, or the transmutation of metals. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 8 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Political 2012-02-11T03:03:48.503Z But there was one serious difficulty to be overcome: the book assumed, as a matter of course, that the student was already in possession of that all-important agent of transmutation, the philosopher’s stone. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z To such a policy of transmutation he was urged by two things. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" 2012-01-22T03:00:24.397Z He speaks of having 'advocated a law of continuity even in the organic world, so far as possible without adopting Lamarck's theory of transmutation.... Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters 2012-01-22T03:00:19.733Z They clearly cannot be explained on the doctrine of transmutation: yet they are no exceptions to the ordinary rule,—occupying an analogous position to the members of every other endemic group. On the Variation of Species, with Especial Reference to the Insecta ; Followed by an Inquiry into the Nature of Genera 2012-01-17T03:00:21.933Z For such a moral transmutation and free triumph the embattled Nation was unprepared. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z The ‘stone,’ or substance, by which the transmutation of the imperfect into the perfect metals was to be effected must be made, in the main, he said, of sulphur and mercury. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Hopes are high that such systems will be used for the transmutation of isotopes known as lower actinides that are part of high-level nuclear waste. Reactor-Accelerator Hybrid Achieves Successful Test Run 2012-01-12T16:25:33Z While travelling from town to town the transmutation of her emotions into religious fervour had gone on unchecked. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z But the experimental alchemist had a yet stranger transmutation wherewith to convince the most sceptical. Heroes of Science Chemists 2011-12-09T03:00:21.047Z In such a transmutation, first within himself, and then throughout the land, moral as it is in every fiber, and from circumference to core, is perfect moral concord. Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians 2012-01-17T03:00:21.120Z Vapours or fluids rising through the fissure have been the agents which effected the transmutation. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Homeric poems is clearly ripe for transmutation into oligarchy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z We are permitted to be present at the visible transmutation of a society, too weak even to direct itself, and absorbed in the fusion of different influences. The Social Evolution of the Argentine Republic 2011-11-24T03:00:43.903Z Under the various images of sonship, marriage, and transmutation, this is the view of human destiny which Ruysbroeck states again and again: the creative evolution of the soul. Ruysbroeck 2011-10-29T02:00:16.413Z It is clearly the last transmutation of the old British legend told by Geoffrey of Monmouth, of Corineus, the Trojan, the companion of the Trojan Brutus, when he first settled in Britain. Voces Populi 2011-10-04T02:00:20.280Z It is indeed this very thing which makes possible the hope of eventual social control over disaster-stricken cities, and the transmutation of seeming evil into tremendous good. Catastrophe and Social Change Based Upon a Sociological Study of the Halifax Disaster 2011-10-02T02:00:12.020Z As in the history of energy, improved position adds to the advantage for the doing of work, so transmutation tends to diminish the advantage or utility of the energy for human purposes. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z We have here, indeed, one of the most interesting and convincing instances of the transmutation of a personal symbol. The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z Next, the positive ecstatic stretching forth above reason into our ‘highest life,’ where we undergo complete transmutation in God and feel ourselves wholly enfolded in Him. Ruysbroeck 2011-10-29T02:00:16.413Z A transmutation of social classes takes place; the urban population grows rapidly, the country districts are depopulated: out of the revolutionary process the outlines of two classes become more and more distinct: Capitalist and Proletarian. The life and teaching of Karl Marx 2011-09-03T02:00:19.203Z If he is the end-all of the unexplained transmutations that lead up to him, must he not be also the link between the visible and invisible creations? The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Different forms of matter stand in different relations; and these relations are being constantly interchanged by the transmutation of energy. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z "No: that is not a resurrection: that is a transmutation." The Divine Adventure Volume IV 2011-09-04T02:00:03.717Z It is the transmutation of metal into the blood—the revivifying power which the seekers after the philosopher’s stone recognized so thoroughly. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z In the time which followed, that is to say, when social order was re�stablished, such a transmutation became exceedingly difficult, as might be supposed. An Introduction to the History of Japan 2011-08-25T02:00:29.177Z The degree of transmutation will of course vary with the intensity of the imagination. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z I refer to the fact that transmutation of energy involves a deterioration and dissipation of energy. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z Josh Perrott had not been home all the evening: probably the Bishop's watch was in course of transmutation into beer. A Child of the Jago 2011-08-05T02:00:52.533Z He worked in the Italian spirit, but the spirit was that of the older masters rather than that of the modern men, and even then it underwent a kind of transmutation in his mind. Leighton 2011-08-02T02:00:21.573Z The smallest grain of ingenuity will always suffice as the essential element in this mythological alchemy, this "transmutation" of the facts of legend into so many presumed statements about any given natural force or phenomenon. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z Such play-like transmutation of the self is sometimes carried over longer periods. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z The efficient value of energy is according to the possibilities of transformation or transmutation. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z If matter has existed for ever, this stone in its countless transmutations is a geological Wandering Jew of eternity. The Limits Of Atheism Or, Why should Sceptics be Outlaws? 2011-07-22T02:00:16.300Z Everything is in a state of transmutation, and, as our laws now are, the Reformer, the Pioneer, the Originator of any new idea is liable to be treated as a Monomaniac, with imprisonment. 2d. Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity 2011-07-04T02:00:24.763Z Sometimes they whitened gold with mercury and made it pass for silver or tin, and the gold when melted was exhibited as the result of transmutation. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z Why, Li-Chi, if ever we had our time over again, do you think that transmutation into a pair of turtle-doves,—bird-beatitudes, my Chang, are so limited!—would form the acme of our mutual aspirations? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93., October 1, 1887 2011-06-29T02:00:26.507Z The intelligence of man simply recognizes the law of transmutation, and deals with the problems which arise connected with the mechanical arrangements facilitating the process. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z Man may have passed the successive changes and transmutations of form that the shifting vibratory rates of the planet responded to in the long period of world building. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z Here celluloid's gift for facsimile achieved its ultimate expression, the complete transmutation of reality into illusion, as three-dimensional flesh-and-blood beings were transformed into two-dimensional ghosts shimmering on a screen. A Brief History of Plastic's Conquest of the World 2011-05-29T14:15:02.467Z So that in the present state of our knowledge the near prospect of successful transmutation does not seem to be very bright, although we cannot regard it as impossible. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z And then the process of alchemical transmutation of metals was applied to the shaving-basin and the bedroom crockery, which were converted into table-money. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z All observations concerning motion only present to view transmutations of energy, all of them imply that there is no such thing as the origin of energy, and no such thing as its extinction. The Relations of Science and Religion The Morse Lecture, 1880 2011-09-11T02:00:11.613Z Let us notice some of the wonderful workings and transmutations in nature on which the advocates of pantheism rely. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z Water was not only imperatively necessary for vivifying and reanimating all living things, but was an active agent in processes of change and transmutation. A Book Written by the Spirits of the So-Called Dead 2011-05-03T02:00:17.413Z If these hypotheses are just, then the transmutation of the elements no longer appears an idle dream. The Seven Follies of Science [2nd ed.] A popular account of the most famous scientific impossibilities and the attempts which have been made to solve them. 2011-06-30T02:00:34.290Z To the factor of atavism, inconsistently ignored by Morel, the early embryologic studies of Von Baer and the biologic studies resultant on the transmutation of species lent special emphasis. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z There is no transmutation of form as in Egypt, but a change of relations, which have their origin in geographical variety. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z The dream of the alchemist, of the transmutation of metals, is mere child's-play compared with the processes of nature occurring every day in the human body. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z While the literary language had been fixed, arrested, and delivered over to death, the vulgar tongue retained a vivid and assimilative life, capable of biological transmutation. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z I shall not deny that it is liable to frequent change—" I smiled—"but I defy you to detect its transmutations, sir, or follow its vicarious possessor to his lair. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z Here the observer is brought face to face with the operation of two general principles which are interdependent: the transmutation of heredity and atavism, or “throwing back” as the cattle breeders call it. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z This language transmutation is common in UFO narratives, making it harder for scientists to provide natural explanations. UFOs, UAPs and CRAPs 2011-03-28T13:45:00.447Z A horrible and incredible transmutation had, apparently, been effected in the funk of old. The Secret Glory 2011-03-22T02:00:17.863Z If not the master, he was the prophet of that dolce stil nuovo, which freed them from dependence on foreign traditions, and led, by transmutation, to the miracles of their Renaissance art. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z As I re-entered his bed-chamber to announce his bath ready, I found him standing before the fireplace in his dressing-gown, watching the transmutation of Sir Charles Venner's missive into ashes in the grate. First Person Paramount 2011-04-07T02:00:19.233Z More than that: Man need not wait long for the transmutation of his honest work. A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 2011-03-14T03:01:04.693Z Such transmutation is at the heart of alchemy, which has its roots in metallurgical practices of Hellenistic Egypt and the philosophical musings of its legendary Greek founder, Hermes, on attaining a more perfect world. The Rail: Breeders Chasing the Superhorse 2011-03-12T23:36:00Z The transmutation is assumed to take place in such a mystical way as to delude the senses; and so, though actual flesh and actual blood, the elements still appear to be bread and wine. The Great Apostasy Considered in the Light of Scriptural and Secular History 2011-03-09T03:00:46.980Z In passing from the Song of Roland or Turpin's Chronicle to the Orlando Furioso we can trace two separate processes of transmutation. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z But at last the secret stood open before me in plain English, and I read the key of the awful transmutation of the hills. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z To prove these developments or transmutations, they appeal first to the physiological history of the mammalian embryo. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z Now it is Verhaeren's great exploit that he effected a transmutation poetic values. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z Many countries passed laws forbidding the transmutation of metals, even as their kings secretly patronised alchemy hoping to gain an advantage over other monarchs. The twisted history of alchemy: Alchemists, ancient and modern 2011-02-24T10:45:13Z The accentual Sapphics of the middle ages throw some curious light upon these transmutations of meter. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Also if there were still any alchemists searching for the philosopher’s stone and the transmutation of metals? Mysteries of the Rosie Cross Or, the History of that Curious Sect of the Middle Ages, Known as the Rosicrucians; with Examples of their Pretensions and Claims as Set Forth in the Writings of Their Leaders and Disciples 2011-02-23T03:00:32.190Z How idle, then, to suppose that the laws of hybridity will account for such radical and entire transmutations as this hypothesis supposes! The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z An absolute transmutation of values has taken place from the time that he has comprehended things as parts of the world's entity, and as themselves an entity. ?mile Verhaeren 2011-02-26T03:00:52.147Z The young barrister does not find the transmutation so easy. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z And each tree was touched with mystery; the familiar, never to be understood transmutation of sap to bud and leaf. A Maid of the Kentucky Hills 2011-02-04T03:00:15.877Z We are not surprised at the transmutation of metals and of substances, on the contrary, we are looking for it. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z We know not whether those worlds are all inhabited, but we have evidence that all are undergoing the transmutations of chemistry; not on their surface merely, but in their deep interior. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z They appeared to justify the dreams of the alchemists of old, not only regarding the transmutation of metals but also respecting the elixir of life. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z And when a child is stolen by the Munster fairies, ‘Lough Gur is conjectured to be the place of its unearthly transmutation from the human to the fairy state.’ The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z “Alchemy was synonymous with chemistry,” said Dr. Newman, “and chemistry was much bigger than transmutation.” Moonlighting as a Conjurer of Chemicals 2010-10-11T20:50:00Z He does not seem to have been quite sure, however, whether the phenomenon that he witnessed was not really a transmutation of the iron into copper, as a consequence of the other chemicals present. Catholic Churchmen in Science In the second place, still deeper will be this impression, when we recollect that similar transmutations have already been experienced by the earth with an improvement of its condition. The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences 2011-02-28T03:00:28.890Z How are we to explain this apprehension of things, which are one and individual, in the midst of a world of pluralities and transmutations, whether in the instance of brutes or again of children? An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent Radium has apparently been demonstrated changing into helium, and so there is a transmutation of metals. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time On the other hand, we must be cautious of supposing the Latin to be the ancient form, in cases where a transmutation of letters has already taken place. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 Interested as he was in the transmutation of metals, he never failed to try to find and suggest some medicinal use for all of the substances that he investigated. Catholic Churchmen in Science It will not be enough that the limbs and teeth of these creatures indicate transmutation, but such transmutation must be evidenced by every part of the animal. The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer With remoteness of location comes transmutation of character. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Since adaptive variations depend only on the transmutations of environment, an organism may rise to a higher organization and division of labor by continually adapting itself to the changed environment. A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution To it corresponds "the upward path," the transmutation of earth into water, water to air, and air to fire. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Speculations and experiments with regard to the philosopher's stone and the transmutation of metals are supposed to fill up all the interests of the alchemists of those days. Catholic Churchmen in Science And our North British Reviewer makes a similar comment: "The believer who is at liberty to invent any imaginary circumstances, will very generally be able to conceive some series of transmutations answering his wants." The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer Intrinsically, its whole purpose and technique consists of transmutation of values into existences, in the incarnation the realization of values. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude The gratuitous assumption, therefore, of a point so vital to the theory of transmutation, was unpardonable on the part of its advocate. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology I must confess that the dancers, without any wish on my part to detract from their efforts, had not the entire merit of this transmutation. Jack Hinton The Guardsman Kircher, for instance, accepted the idea of the possibility of the transmutation of metals. Catholic Churchmen in Science Living things must exist before any question arises as to their transmutation. The Old Riddle and the Newest Answer There is something of transmutation in his performances; he becomes an alembic, transforming movement into a finely wrought and beautiful work of art. Interpreters Varieties of the dog—no transmutation.—The modifications produced in the different races of dogs exhibit the influence of man in the most striking point of view. Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology The cockpit went through a variety of transmutations, till it settled down into a treasury. Here and There in London These and many other factors probably co-operate to effect the transmutation of limestones into dolomites. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" Thirty adolescents, suddenly possessing more knowledge than the world had ever known, had run riot, playing with hypnotism, the transmutation of matter, the Law of Degravitation, the fourth dimensional transposition of whole city blocks. Adolescents Only It is scarcely necessary to say, that these transmutations are only apparent, though to the credulous it would seem that they were actually transformed. Endless Amusement A Collection of Nearly 400 Entertaining Experiments Lamarck's arguments in favor of the transmutation of species.—The name of species, observes Lamarck, has been usually applied to "every collection of similar individuals produced by other individuals like themselves." Principles of Geology or, The Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants Considered as Illustrative of Geology Profound philosophers have sometimes got very near to the discovery of the quadrature of the circle, perpetual motion, the transmutation of metals, the elixir of life, the crystallisation of carbon, the longitude. Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) The transmutation of metals absorbed all his thoughts. Toilers of the Sea The alchemists call the matter, whatever it may be, says Johnson, by which they perform transmutation, a medicine. Folk-lore of Shakespeare At one time this was regarded as a transmutation of iron into copper. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" The few who yet linger seem to have undergone a strange transmutation. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life The transmutation of Hellas proper into part of the Roman Empire, and the intrusion of Stoicism and Christianity into the sphere of Hellenic thought and feeling, mark the end of the Greek age. A Problem in Greek Ethics Being an inquiry into the phenomenon of sexual inversion "I'm in transmutation," he said clearly, and passed out face down on the table. A Feast of Demons However, unlike the constant cyclical transmutation of substances in Aristotle, there is only generation and decay. The Natural Philosophy of William Gilbert and His Predecessors In endless transmutation here below The hidden might of song our land is greeting; Now blesses us in form of Peace unfleeting, And now encircles us with childhood's glow. Henry of Ofterdingen: A Romance. At this latter transmutation many efforts have recently been made, and a good deal certainly effected, so far as regards the mechanical duties of the sailor. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 Patent to his curious or admiring gaze the transmutation takes place. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 And in truth all such transmutations of expression are as much entitled to the dignity of being called Immediate Inferences as most of the processes so entitled. Logic, Inductive and Deductive The process for radioactive transmutation is somewhat like a common chemical reaction. A Brief History of Element Discovery, Synthesis, and Analysis Moreover, assuming the transmutation, no impiety can be implied. The Lords of the Ghostland A History of the Ideal The writer concludes that the Devil has power to dispose and transport bodies, but, as to changing them into animals, he thinks these are "but jugling transmutations." A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 For the transmutation of quicksilver into a malleable, fine metal. Old and New London Volume I Each brings us to the admission of the transitory nature of typical forms, to their transmutations and extinctions. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition A number of proud and independent French citizens feared that even the latter alternative meant the eventual transmutation of their tongue, religion and nationality into those of their southern neighbor. Rastignac the Devil Spirit is an appreciation, a transmutation of matter. The Philosophy of Spinoza The Alchemists claim for their science the remotest antiquity possible, but it was not until three or four centuries after the Christian era that the doctrine of transmutation began to spread. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. A, B, and C represent different raw materials, and they are changed by a series of transmutations into A´´´, B´´´, and C´´´, which stand for all the consumers' goods that the society uses. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy We have now to deal with the philosopher's stone, the elixir vit�, the powder of projection, magical mirrors, perpetual lamps, the transmutation of metals. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition The search for this essence subsequently resolved itself into the desire to effect the transmutation of metals, more especially the base metals, into silver and gold. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" His wretched accomplices told him that the Evil One alone was capable of revealing the secret of the transmutation of the baser metals into gold, and they offered to summon him to their master’s aid. Legends & Romances of Brittany I am the alchemist that makes the transmutation. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) The whole equipment of capital goods will have to undergo a complete transmutation; but the essential thing is that the amount of the capital should not be changed. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy Already, however, in the doctrine of the transmutation of metals, it was perceived that to Nature the lapse of time is nothing—to man it is everything. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Some alchemists honestly laboured to effect the transmutation and to discover the “philosopher’s stone,” and in many cases believed that they had achieved success, if we may rely upon writings assigned to them. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" The revelation sought for was not so much a dogmatic revelation as a revelation of the processes of "transmutation" of Rebirth, of Apotheosis or "Deification." The Gnôsis of the Light "Life can generate no trace of energy, it can only guide its transmutations." God and the World A Survey of Thought More and more power to produce is coming, as we have seen, in consequence of these transmutations. Essentials of Economic Theory As Applied to Modern Problems of Industry and Public Policy The transmutation of each into the other, both Life and Poetry, as revealed in their lives, is something as exceptional as it is beautiful in the world’s history. The Brownings Their Life and Art Boccaccio, in the "Genealogy of the Gods," refers to a similar custom in his day in Florence, evidently the survival, or transmutation, of some heathen rite. The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia The Astroeid�s included the "natural" body in its consummation, under a great transmutation, for it was the "Wisdom" at the basis of material nature. The Gnôsis of the Light Its transmutation into liquid form was therefore regarded as a very startling phenomenon. A History of Science, Volume 5(of 5) Aspects Of Recent Science His hearty love of truth, and uncompromising hatred of cant in all its innumerable transmutations, prompt half his most characteristic sayings. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) The young men of France are studying alchemy, hoping to learn the secret of the transmutation of gold. The Heart of the New Thought Second, it might imply the transmutation of constituent particles, as when a third unlike thing is formed from two. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology We are happy to see that the illustrious author enters "an earnest protest against the transmutation theory, revived of late with so much ability, and so generally received." The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 Instead of the vision we were threatened with, of mind losing itself in matter, our eyes are gladdened with that of the converse operation, of the transmutation of matter into mind. Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics With Some of Their Applications The retention and transmutation of the sex-force is typified by the serpent forming a circle. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex Evil and good acts recorded by breath, 38; destruction of, 39; transmutation of, to good, 158. The Rosicrucian Mysteries An Elementary Exposition of Their Secret Teachings From September, 1854, I devoted my whole time to arranging my huge pile of notes, to observing and to experimenting in relation to the transmutation of species. Little Masterpieces of Science: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer Nor is the farther progress in the transmutation of nitrous air, in these circumstances, less remarkable. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air The bearing of all this upon the problem of the transmutation of elements is evident. The Machinery of the Universe Mechanical Conceptions of Physical Phenomena If you would follow the law of transmutation and acquire the throne of angelhood, get busy within the laboratory of your own mind. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex If during the time of their transmutation they did not eat human flesh, at the end of nine years they repassed the same lake, and resumed their former shape. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. Now, the best geologists assure us that there is no evidence in support of the transmutation of species. Orthodoxy: Its Truths And Errors "That is a philosophy deeper than that of transmutation!" said the doctor. Say and Seal, Volume II When Mayer worked out his theory of the transmutation of energy, his neighbors in the village of Heilbronn were so far from participating that they twice confined him in insane asylums. Introduction to the Science of Sociology You may imagine that you need to belong to some "Brotherhood," in order to learn the secrets of alchemical transmutation. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex George.—Facts and fossils adduced to prove the Deluge of Noah and mollify the transmutation system of Darwin, etc. Life of Charles Darwin We claim to have been made of such inflexible materials, as not readily to go through the transmutations necessary to secure the kind regards of these men. Americanism Contrasted with Foreignism, Romanism, and Bogus Democracy in the Light of Reason, History, and Scripture; In which Certain Demagogues in Tennessee, and Elsewhere, are Shown Up in Their True Colors And wonder dies,—save in the patient way Of these slow transmutations in the dust: Beauty from power, lilies out of lust. Ships in Harbour But he would confess her transmutation into his equal; and, therefore, all occasion for the display of chivalry and gallantry toward her on the one hand, and tyranny on the other, would have passed away. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I God, as manifested in the cosmic law of transmutation, will take care of Him-Her-Self. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex The transmutation, however, seemed forced; and, while Haug was right in his method, his results were pronounced at best, "Fragments of broken words and thoughts, Yet glimpses of the true." Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life The lowest degree is as a program with the mere result of a stimulation; the highest degree is a final transmutation of the psyche. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts With the transmission of this myth began its transmutation. Moon Lore It is, in fact, humanity's dream of its own transmutation. Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions If he cannot control the goat instincts within his nature, he stands small chance of taking the higher degrees of spiritual regeneration, through transmutation. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex Lamarck As early as 1801 Lamarck had outlined his ideas of the transmutation of species and attempted to explain the manner in which that transmutation had been brought about. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) Similar transmutations are effected by the concept of a primal element specially separated from mercury. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts The body of desire is being worked up by endless labour into something more delicate and sensitive—into a transmutation that we can only dimly understand. The Blue Germ That in us which responds to Shelley's verse is precisely what dreams of the transmutation of "man" into "beyond-man." Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions In another symbolic chart presenting the secrets of alchemical transmutation, we find depicted "The Gate of Eternal Wisdom," and we are further informed that this "gate" also brings "knowledge of God." Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex Innumerable aesthetic effects, indeed all specific and unmixed ones, are direct transmutations of pleasures and pains; they express nothing extrinsic to themselves, much less moral excellences. The Sense of Beauty Being the Outlines of Aesthetic Theory Mercury is the bearer of the metallic property and sulphur has the nature of the combustible and is the cause of the transmutation of metals in fire. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts The transmutation of baser metals into gold usually terminated in the transmigration of all the gold his victims had into the Count’s own purse. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages On the contrary, the alleged transmutations always occurred in obscure places, and in the presence of people who, one has reason to believe, were both hysterical and imaginative, and therefore predisposed to see wonders. Werwolves An "elect woman" would hardly be necessary in the work of metallic transmutation. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex The floor continued its transmutation, and Zarwell sank deep into viscous depths. Monkey On His Back Bull, cow and other animal forms are in mythology as in dreams typical transmutations, with unlimited possibility of intro-determination. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts His formula for the transmutation of metals is unintelligible to me. The Crack of Doom The hour of metamorphosis also varies according to locality—though it is at sunset that the change most usually takes place, the transmutation back to man generally occurring at dawn. Werwolves Modern commentators and translators of alchemical literature insist that such documents are palpably related to the secret, or secrets, of metallic transmutation. Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex He expected soon to discover its greatest secret—the transmutation of other substances into gold. The Sand-Hills of Jutland It is very fine to understand the transmutation of the four metals, lead, copper, tin, silver, and to know how they change into perfect gold....” Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts In other words, life can generate no trace of energy, it can only guide its transmutations. Life and Matter A Criticism of Professor Haeckel's 'Riddle of the Universe' It was the miracle that her marriage perpetually renewed for her, this process of divine transmutation, by which her work passed into Owen's and became perfect. The Creators A Comedy This is the hour," she said, "of transmutation: It is the eucharist of the evening, changing All things to beauty. American Poetry, 1922 A Miscellany For this transmutation of ashes into glass, seeming to me to be as admirable as any other operation in Nature, I particularly took pleasure to describe it. A Discourse of a Method for the Well Guiding of Reason and the Discovery of Truth in the Sciences It is now necessary to know the degrees and steps to transmutation, and how many they are. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts Of all the conspicuous naturalists of Berlin only one accepted the doctrine of transmutation from the beginning with sincere warmth and full conviction, being, indeed, persuaded of its truth even before Darwin himself. Freedom in Science and Teaching. from the German of Ernst Haeckel She rejoiced in it like a saint who beholds in himself the mystic, supreme transmutation of desire. The Creators A Comedy A somewhat serious cause of disquiet and alarm arises out of the supposed bearing of this doctrine of the origin of species by transmutation on the origin of man, and his place in nature. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science This mathematical discrimination between classes, types, dimensions is of the utmost importance in the natural sciences, because of the transmutation of species. Manhood of Humanity. Whoever passes over these seven steps and degrees comes to such a marvelous place, where he sees much mystery and attains the transmutation of all natural things.” Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts The researches of Cuvier and others have negatived the theory of Lamarcke as to the transmutation of species. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844 Some people take firm steps to stop things right there, so a romantic daydream won’t be spoiled by transmutation into prosaic fact. Space Platform This, I think, is most remarkable, because it serves to prove how very far men’s minds at that time must have been from entertaining, as in any way antecedently probable, the doctrine of transmutation. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions A progress through the inferior groups is sketched out, but no actual transmutation of species is effected. A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' It refers to a transmutation of the man, which cannot happen all at once; “so highly important a change, that it could not take place without a passing through many distant degrees.” Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts To Pasteur we are indebted for a series of masterly researches, wherein he exposes the looseness and general baselessness of prevalent notions regarding the transmutation of one ferment into another. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 In Lazarus Jesus accomplished the great miracle of the transmutation of life in the sense of immemorial tradition. Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity In the one case there is a ladder-like transmutation of species in time; in the other case a possibly tree-like multiplication of species in space. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions It is not pretended, that there is any known instance of the transmutation of species, or of the evolution, in the ordinary way, of any being specifically different from its parents. A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' By love a transmutation of the subject is to take place. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts It might, moreover, be shown, if time permitted, how, out of those perfectly dark rays, could be extracted, by a process of transmutation, all the colours of the solar spectrum. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 Man is involved in the transmutation of all beings into this God, Who finally becomes what He was from the beginning. Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity But perhaps the proof of natural selection as an agency of the first importance in the transmutation of species may be best brought home to us by considering a few of its applications in detail. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions He attempts to account for a string of hypothetical effects, such as spontaneous generation and the transmutation of species, by a series of hypothetical and inconceivable causes, such as the energies of lifeless matter. A Theory of Creation: A Review of 'Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation' Is there even the most trustful of wives, whose husband is on the other side of the globe, that is wholly undisturbed by the transmutation of the idol in her mind? Deerbrook Such as invisibility, or a cheap method of transmutation, or even a new and faster space drive. Dead Giveaway "The Lady of Shalott," with its pictures of silence and its fine transmutation of commonplace into something very beautiful, was new. Confessions of a Book-Lover If in such cases no variation or transmutation had taken place since the glacial epoch, then indeed there would have been a difficulty of some magnitude. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions The law of transmutation supersedes the law of compensation. The Life Radiant What a combination and transmutation of those forceful powers that originate in the Unnamable! Flamsted quarries By Darwinism we mean, as you know, the transmutation of species by variation and natural selection—selection accomplished mainly, if not solely, by the struggle for existence. Socialism: Positive and Negative Cohering masses are rigid in respect only of the constancy of the dynamic process of transmutation in which cohesion consists. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge These, however, are in my opinion the strongest single pieces of evidence in favour of transmutation which have thus far been brought to light. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions True multiplication exists simply as a result of over-development; the affected organs are repeated sometimes over and over again each in their proper relative position, and without any transmutation of form. Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants All her various ardors had not slipped away from her without leaving on her countenance the marks of their transmutation, a peculiar nobility that owed half its fineness to unacknowledged suffering. Sacrifice England is the only country of importance in which this transmutation, though it has gone some way, is not nearly accomplished. Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society These are the permanent constancies of transmutation which constitute the organism. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge Here is another and more recently observed case of transmutation in the case of mollusks. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions The process by which the transmutation of Elements is actually effected in Language, is by Slow and Continued Attrition. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy There is a spiritual alchemy which transmutes the base metal of self-interest into the gold of conscience; the transmutation is real, and the resulting frame of mind is not hypocrisy, but conscience. Socialism A Summary and Interpretation of Socialist Principles The transmutation of this ancient view into the familiar notion of a Contract is plainly seen in the history of jurisprudence. Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society Even pure ideas, though subjective not only in regard to aspect but in regard to their origin, are objective in respect that they also consist in an energetic transmutation. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge But I do not see that this constitutes a difficulty against the theory, when we have so many other cases of proved transmutation to set against it. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions I think so because in his Pocket Book under the date 1837 he wrote, “In July opened first note-book on ‘transmutation of species.’ The Foundations of the Origin of Species Two Essays written in 1842 and 1844 Dr. Foà believes the phenomena to come within the domain of natural law, and to result from a transmutation of energy accumulated in the medium. The Shadow World It is not of course intended to insist that these different forms of the Village Community represent distinct stages in a process of transmutation which has been everywhere accomplished in the same manner. Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society Surely it is of primary importance to realise the effect upon our conceptions of Space and Extension of the doctrine of the transmutations of Energy. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge For instance, not to go further afield than this very glacial flora itself, it will be remembered that in an earlier chapter I selected it as furnishing specially cogent proof of the transmutation of species. Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions The act of transmutation whereby water became wine was plainly a miracle, a phenomenon not susceptible of explanation, far less of demonstration, by what we consider the ordinary operation of natural law. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern They're there a week, or they stay there a month: both are then only transmutations of cheese. The Book of the Damned On intermediate or generalized forms of extinct animals as an indication of transmutation or development. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays What they required was a datum of configuration, a phenomenal basis upon which their calculations could proceed and in terms of which, as a point of origin, their statement of transmutations was made. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge The leading characters undergo certain transmutations as the scene of the story is shifted, but their mutual relations remain constant. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore The first one was made by Lamarck, who, taking the really different ideas of descent and evolution as one, made use of the hypothesis of transmutation; thus becoming the pioneer of Darwinism. The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality There is, however, another element which find its incarnation in matter, yet transcends its transmutation and apparent destruction: that is the burning flame born of thought which has been handed down through fleeting generations. Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches This power of transmutation of metals was not universal, but it was so widely possessed that enormous quantities were made. The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria Yet the various characters of the transmitted impulses are distinguishable in the resultant cerebral transmutations. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge In the nineteenth century the transmutation of metals will be generally known and practised. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Edith is dead, and the man who loved her and failed to win her, is musing upon the transmutation of all values in his picture of life which has been made by the tidings. Browning's Heroines But then, beyond that acceptance of the record must come the application and appropriation of it, and the transmutation of a historical fact into a personal experience. Expositions of Holy Scripture Second Corinthians, Galatians, and Philippians Chapters I to End. Colossians, Thessalonians, and First Timothy. The occult properties of plants, metals, and precious stones, as well as the alchemical processes of transmutation, were included in this category. The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria Such a force if it could be correctly measured, would record the rate at which Energy was undergoing transmutation, and it is from such experience of pressure that our idea of Force is originally derived. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge Hence, transmutation is simply a physiological process, a phyletic growth. At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers I am preoccupied with the business of transmutation—which is to say, the proper evaluation of life as idea, of experience as delectable diversion. Adventures in the Arts Informal Chapters on Painters, Vaudeville, and Poets Though, indeed, the transmutation may have been entirely without his volition, in which case it is small wonder that the Holy Child objected so strongly to a subsequent visit on the Continent. A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route With this must also have come the process of transmutation, and the process they use in driving their interstellar cruisers. The Black Star Passes In the case of others, from certain of the transmutations occurring in my Presentment, I am led to infer the existence of other similar microcosmic systems in the energetic macrocosm of the physical universe. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge They fall apart and sleep in their transmutation. Fantasia of the Unconscious What is really taking place is a transmutation of one element into another, from a heavier to a lighter. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told He patronized all the arts, made a pet of science, offered a reward for the transmutation of metals, dabbled in astrology and practised palmistry. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Musicians There are Bostonian persons of the female kind who could with readiness be conceived as turning into men without any sea-change or especially startling biological transmutation. White Ashes We approach such a goal in the conception of Energy—the laws of whose constant transmutations are what we call Nature. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge But we have no experience either of spontaneous generation on the one hand, or of a transmutation of species on the other. Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws The ancients seem to have had something more than an inkling that the accomplishment of transmutation would confer upon men powers hitherto the prerogative of the gods. The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told It used to be the custom to make fun of these medieval scientists for believing in the transmutation of metals. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages The first writer to suggest the transmutation of species among animals was Buffon, about 1750, and other writers followed out the idea. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference Dynamics, which investigates Force, is a study of the fundamental transmutations of Energy. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge In regard, again, to the supposed "transmutation of species," we are equally warranted in affirming that it is destitute of all experimental evidence, and unsupported even by any natural analogy. Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws Powered as it was by lead burning cosmic ray generators, the lead alone having been made by transmutation of natural matter, it was powerful, and speedy. Invaders from the Infinite Sir William Ramsay has actually succeeded in changing one element into another and radium and helium are seen changing into each other, until now we are quite ready to think of transmutation placidly. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages In 1813 Dr. W. C. Wells first proposed to apply the principle of natural selection to the natural history of man, and in 1822 Professor Herbert first asserted the probable transmutation of species of plants. The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference They, like Physical Force, are but transmutations, affections, phases of Reality. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge The theory rests on two very precarious foundations: the assumption of spontaneous generation, on the one hand, and the assumption of a transmutation of species on the other. Modern Atheism under its forms of Pantheism, Materialism, Secularism, Development, and Natural Laws Therefore Christ's soul had omnipotence with regard to the transmutation of creatures. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition It may be said that all three of these greatest teachers did not hold the doctrine of the transmutation of metals in the exaggerated way in which it appealed to many of their contemporaries. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages That these transmutations are often carried by Emerson to the extent of vain and empty self-mystifications is hard to deny, even for those who have most sympathy with the general scope of his teaching. Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 1, Essay 5, Emerson A transmutation initiated in my brain is a pure idea. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge In less metaphorical language this transmutation depends upon the measure of self-control and deference of present desire to future purpose. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles Of these the first is with respect to the transmutation of creatures, which is three-fold. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition On the contrary, he believed quite formally in transmutation as a basic chemical principle, and declared that it might be expected to occur at any time. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages Nor has a single instance of the transmutation of species ever been proved. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity True, it is and must be from and by phenomena only that I infer and measure the transmutations of Energy, but the transmutations measured are operations of the real thing-in-itself postulated by Science. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge But it is the mark of man, the intelligent being, that in him the instincts are plastic, and even capable of amazing transmutations. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles Therefore it seems that the soul of Christ has omnipotence with regard to the transmutation of creatures. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Interested though he was in the transmutation of metals, he never failed to try to find and suggest some medicinal use for all of the substances that he investigated. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages No law of Natural Philosophy is more firmly established than this, That there is no spontaneous generation, nor transmutation of species. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity The transmutations of the real Energy of the world beyond my organism never enter my Consciousness. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge It is not unimaginable that prudery might undergo a sort of transmutation. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles But the transmutation of creatures, inasmuch as they may be brought to nothing, corresponds to their creation, whereby they were brought from nothing. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition How is the mere disengaging of such a fluid to work a sudden transmutation of muscular and tendinous fibre and cellular tissue into a substance possessing the essential properties of a vegetable gum? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 Embryology utterly refuses the notion of the transmutation of species. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity Science is possible because all transmutations of Energy take place according to definite numerical laws and ratios. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge By means of the transmutation, which it is the prerogative of man to effect, this instinct may work out into a lifetime devoted to the study of Nature. Woman and Womanhood A Search for Principles And thus it must be said that the soul of Christ had not omnipotence with regard to the transmutation of creatures. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition What is demanded is not an exceptional transmutation, but a translation,—that all Nature should be interpreted of the spirit. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 The dogma of the transmutation of species reappeared, however, in the Romish Church in a religious form; the old heathenism, which had never been wholly banished from the minds of men, thus reasserting itself. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity There may be many different forms of energetic transmutation which may determine many other forms of space besides that form of tridimensional space in which our Activity is involved. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge But," Grio murmured with a look and in a voice of disappointment, "is not that the true transmutation which a thousand have died seeking, and one here and there, it is rumoured, has found? The Long Night Objection 1: It would seem that the soul of Christ had omnipotence with regard to the transmutation of creatures. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Since we understand nothing of the manner of transmutation, it is as easy to imagine bone turned to gum-elastic, as skin and muscle and tendon. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 77, March, 1864 We are fully warranted, then, in alleging, that no such transmutation of species is known to science, as an existing fact, or as having ever occurred. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity Indeed, it only manifests itself when a transmutation is taking place into some other form of Energy. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge No more shall we Upon his viler metal test our purest pure, And see him transmutations three endure! The Long Night Therefore it seems that the soul of Christ had omnipotence with regard to the transmutation of creatures. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Bases of true religious faith, of philosophical truth, metallic transmutation, 776-l. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Nor has a single case of the transmutation of species ever been observed in wild animals or plants; nor has any change of species been produced in tame ones by domestication or culture. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity The key which suggests to me the real world is the occurrence of transmutations ascribable to my activity operating beyond the sphere which constitutes my Presentment. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge No more shall we Upon his viler metal test our purest pure, And see him transmutations three endure! The Long Night Therefore God alone has omnipotence with regard to the transmutation of creatures. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Ship: in the transmutation of metals a vessel is used having the form of a, 781-u. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry In fact, evolution is the modern physiological form of the old chemical superstition, alchemy, substituting for the transmutation of metals the problem of the transmutation of animals. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity We ascribe Causality to the energetic transmutation which in some form or other we inevitably believe to accompany the appearance of every phenomenon. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge Because," with a coarse laugh, "Our stone angelical whereby All secret potencies to light are brought has itself suffered a transmutation! The Long Night On the part of the matter—that is first which exists first in the transmutation of the matter. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition These three compound substances work potently together; and therein consists the true process for the transmutation of metals. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Such transmutation has been actually accomplished within the last few years, but the process is invariably one of disintegration—the more complex elements being broken up into simpler constituents. The New Heavens It is the universal condition of the transmutations which constitute phenomena; and it therefore "contains" all these phenomena, including my body as phenomenon and only as phenomenon. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge But as time went on, tyros, tempted by sounds, and caught by theories of transmutation, began to interpret them literally, and, straying aside, spent their lives in the vain pursuit of wealth or youth. The Long Night I answer that, This conversion of bread into the body of Christ has something in common with creation, and with natural transmutation, and in some respect differs from both. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition The creation of gold in the Great Work is effected by transmutation and multiplication. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The chief importance of helium lies in the clue it has afforded to the constitution of matter and the transmutation of the elements. The New Heavens The luminous undulation and the sound-wave must both produce transmutation of the cerebral Energy in order to affect Consciousness. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge In all this great museum there is not a particle of evidence of transmutation of species. Evolution An Investigation and a Critique Again, this conversion has something in common with natural transmutation in two respects, although not in the same fashion. Summa Theologica, Part III (Tertia Pars) From the Complete American Edition Points of the Scottish Master's Degree relating to the transmutation of metals, 780-782. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The difference may represent the mass of the electrical energy released when the transmutation occurred. The New Heavens The whole work of Science is to explain every phenomenon in terms of its definite transmutation of Energy. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge It is somewhat curious to watch the transmutations of the names of English statesmen after they have passed through a German and a French translation. Diary of the Besieged Resident in Paris The apex is reached when we are told that all these transmutations are effected by chance, that is, without purpose or intention. What is Darwinism? Secret knowledge of the Grand Scottish Master relates to the transmutation of substances, 780-u. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The catechism of this same degree deals mainly with the transmutation of metals, the Philosopher's Stone, etc. Secret Societies And Subversive Movements These definite numerical laws and processes are characteristic of all Energy transmutation, and thus regulate the experience of every intelligent being. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge The doctrine was formed by the unconscious transmutation of metaphors into dogmas. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life We have the explicit testimony of Agassiz, as a Palæontologist, that the facts of geology contradict the theory of the transmutation of species. What is Darwinism? A man who is the slave of prejudices will never become the King of Nature and the Master of transmutations. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry The most marvelous of miracles is the transmutation of common foodstuffs into men and women, the transfiguration of bread, potatoes and beefsteak into human intelligence, grace, beauty and noble action. Northern Nut Growers Association, report of the proceedings at the eighth annual meeting Stamford, Connecticut, September 5 and 6, 1917 My Presentment is constituted by the occurrence and depends upon the continuance of the transmutations or operations proceeding at the related point in the energetic system. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge Can you conceive what would happen to the world if it were common knowledge, or even if it were known to a few, how the transmutation may be brought about? Caves of Terror As a Palæontologist I have from the beginning stood aloof from this new theory of transmutation, now so widely admitted by the scientific world. What is Darwinism? To find the immovable bases of true religious Faith, of Philosophical Truth, and of Metallic transmutation, this is the secret of Hermes in its entirety, the Philosophal Stone. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry It expressed the exciting, amazing, exhilarating world he lived in himself, with its consistent transmutation of all values, and he knew no other. The Craft of Fiction These general laws of organic transmutation are the a priori conditions of the necessary determination in time of all existences in the world of phenomena. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge Also, he had a plan for the transmutation of metals and a recipe for perpetual youth. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers They should, of course, if there is any truth in the transmutation theory, correspond with the lowest in rank or standing. What is Darwinism? With these three principal substances you may effect the transmutation of metals, which must be done by means of the five points or rules of the Scottish Mastership. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry But in England nationalism came first; then under Edward the economic revolution; and lastly, under the Puritans, the transmutation of spiritual values. The Age of the Reformation The one element of particularity which every idea lacks is the reference to the transmitted transmutation to which the sensible phenomenon owes its origin. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge Alchemy, with its unnatural transmutations, has long since vanished before the increasing light. Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence In another way anger is taken for a movement of the sensitive appetite, which is with passion resulting from a bodily transmutation. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Magical agent makes possible the transmutation of metals and the universal medicine, 773-l. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Have we here a hint of 'the transmutation of metals?' The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator The real substratum of my Presentment is a part of the energetic Universe, which is constantly undergoing transmutations. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge We find that the germ of corn is quite different from that of lolium, and we do not believe in any transmutation. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary And since the sensitive appetite has a bodily organ, it follows that on account of some bodily transmutation a man becomes apt to commit some particular sin. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province Hermetic secret is to find the bases of faith, truth, transmutation, 776-l. Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Such are the transmutations of commerce that it would be a curious sight at this day to see a whaleship, under full sail, proceeding up or down the Hudson river. The Von Toodleburgs Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family I feel only changes or transmutations taking place in it. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge Consistently with his fundamental notion of animal transmutation, he tries to prove a family likeness or affinity from the humblest to the highest species. An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges Hence it may happen that certain sins may become more insistent, through certain bodily transmutations occurring at certain fixed times. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province I have to think of the Creative Energy as immanent in all matter, and the final source of all the transformations and transmutations we see in the organic and the inorganic worlds. The Breath of Life He is assumed to be happiest when writing from direct experience without refinement or transmutation. Rudyard Kipling But what does that mean except that the subject of her studies is the sensible presentation which itself consists of energy transmutation in part constantly changing but with relatively permanent and recurrent elements? Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge But it is the author's law and the author's order that are in dispute—his transmutation of species, the higher classes emerging from and partly annihilating the lower, under meliorated conditions of being. An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges Possibly the miracle of such poetic transmutation may be repeated for me; possibly an English song may come to birth by my means also. Wine, Women, and Song Mediaeval Latin Students' songs; Now first translated into English verse Call it a transmutation or a metamorphosis, if you will; it is still within the domain of the natural. The Breath of Life With the next essay of this collection, that on "The Superannuated Man," we come to one of the most notable of the series of Elia's transmutations of matters of private experience into precious literature. Charles Lamb But the transmutation is constantly "accelerated"—incessantly fluctuates and varies. Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge If these views be right, and we believe them to be so, there cannot be a transmutation of species under the influence of external circumstances. An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges But passion in the soul occurs, properly speaking, in respect of a bodily transmutation. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition Nothing that is known will effect the transmutation of one element into another. The Breath of Life When two images follow one another closely, and have anything in common, they readily assume the form of a transmutation. Illusions A Psychological Study And yet he hardly knew anything of the symbolic transmutation of bread and wine—he accepted the miracle without a thought, like a child. The Evolution of Love For these and other reasons before adduced, we dismiss the hypothesis of animal transmutation as unproved and untenable. An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges This corporeal transmutation is found in the act of the sensitive appetite, and is not only spiritual, as in the sensitive apprehension, but also natural. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition In its minute compass the transmutation of the inorganic into the organic, which constitutes what Tyndall called "the miracle and the mystery of vitality," is perpetually enacted. The Breath of Life Saying this she fell silent for a space, and when she spoke again she was become by some subtle transmutation my trusting little maid of the by-gone halcyon-time. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady And so is the stately music, the transmutation of colour into sound. The Healthy Life, Vol. V, Nos. 24-28 The Independent Health Magazine Lucian.—He has indeed shown himself an admirable chemist, and made a fine transmutation of folly into wisdom. Dialogues of the Dead Now there is no need for corporeal transmutation in the act of the intellectual appetite: because this appetite is not exercised by means of a corporeal organ. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition The transmutation of the physical into the psychical takes place, but the secret of it we do not know. The Breath of Life But light is not produced by the transmutation of matter, as though matter were in receipt of a substantial form, and light were a certain inception of substantial form. Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition Mind in itself is also intelligible; a pleasure is as intelligible as would be any transmutation of it into the inscrutable essence that people often desiderate. Practical Essays On the other hand, astrology, witchcraft, and the transmutation of copper and lead into gold were generally believed in. The Leading Facts of English History But the act of the sensitive appetite is accompanied by a formal transmutation of the body, consisting in heat or cold. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition The transmutation of metals seems to-day no longer an idle speculation, and radium has transformed into potential reality the dream of perpetual motion. The House of the Vampire For that bodies produce their like or something inferior to themselves, and that the higher things lead forward the inferior—all these things are effected through a certain transmutation. Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) From the Complete American Edition For generations their dream has been looked upon as a thing elusive as the philosopher's stone, the transmutation of metals—any of these unsolved problems. The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton These advances, however, do not give us the right to assume that the elements are absolutely independent, and that transmutation is therefore impossible. Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work Both of these are mutually proportionate; and consequently the bodily transmutation assumes a resemblance to and the very nature of the appetitive movement. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition But photography has made impossible any such transmutation of modern rubbish. Art Impressions pour in through the senses, enter the Whole that is already present; they drop their content into that Whole by means of the senses, and the miracle of transmutation, entirely mysterious, takes place. An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy There is scarcely a block in the whole extent of this fine street of which some part is not in a state of transmutation. Fifth Avenue Remember the duchess who brought her jewels to pledge, and discovered that they were paste already, and that the duke had done the transmutation before her. Adrien Leroy On the part of the bodily transmutation, daring is caused through the incitement of hope and the banishment of fear, by those things which raise the temperature about the heart. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition The extraordinary property of transmutation is entirely automatic. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays That he was not altogether absorbed in the transmutation of metals in his laboratory practice, and yet that he dabbled in it, makes him historically interesting. The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened By doing this you cannot fail to unrip the seam of any of these transmutations. The English Gipsies and Their Language This transmutation of vegetables into meat or fish is a province of the culinary art which we appear to have lost; yet these are cibi innocentes, compared with the things themselves. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 Secondly, this justice may be brought about in man by a movement from one contrary to the other, and thus justification implies a transmutation from the state of injustice to the aforesaid state of justice. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition Radium, which is a solid element under ordinary conditions, gives rise by transmutation to a gaseous element—the emanation of radium. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays But this transmutation was not attained until he had passed through a very furnace of financial embarrassment. A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History And this, we repeat, without any gross material transmutation or mixing together. The Way of Salvation in the Lutheran Church Now this principle of equivalency is found to govern the transmutations of all forms of energy. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 Hence this transmutation is named after justice rather than after charity or faith. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition And so on for a whole sequence of transmutations, till finally a stable substance is formed, identical with ordinary lead in chemical and physical properties, but possessing a slightly lower atomic weight. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays There is no mysterious power of transmutation in departmental custody, nor is there magic in the undefined and sacred solemnity of Department files. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term Sublimation, we see again and again, is limited, and the best developments of the spiritual life are not likely to come about by the rigid attempt to obtain a complete transmutation of sexual energy. Little Essays of Love and Virtue It consists in the means of drawing out at discretion portions of the confiscated lands for sale, and carrying on a process of continual transmutation of paper into land and land into paper. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 03 (of 12) But the conservation of grace is without transmutation: no movement on the part of the soul is required but only a continuation of the Divine influx. Summa Theologica, Part I-II (Pars Prima Secundae) From the Complete American Edition By "breaking up" we mean their transmutation to another element. The Birth-Time of the World and Other Scientific Essays In the very scheme of her dream it told; For, by magical transmutation, From her Leg through her body it seem'd to go, Till, gold above, and gold below. The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood We have to realise, however, that these transmutations do not only take place by way of a sublimation of sexual energy, but also by way of a degradation of that energy. Little Essays of Love and Virtue That the transmutation of one substance into another is not a mere dream of the mediæval alchemists is now already shown by Modern Science. The Law and the Word The alchemists call the matter, whatever it be, by which they perform transmutation, a medicine. Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies The whole question was not so much one of a transmutation or transition of species as of the production of forms which became permanent. Thomas Henry Huxley A Character Sketch And, in like fashion, another vehement opponent of the transmutation of species, the elder Agassiz, was doomed to help the cause he hated. The Advance of Science in the Last Half-Century But in our human life the transmutation is often not so easy as in flowers. Little Essays of Love and Virtue In natural philosophy, where to explain means to discover origins, transmutations, and laws, mechanism is explanation itself. The Life of Reason But time, with its mercy of compensation, had worked for her one of its many mysterious transmutations, and shown her of what fine gold her apparently leaden days were made. Different Girls I do confess, that a certain Man of good Condition, to me wholly unknown, by demonstrating taught me; First, the possibility of transmutation; secondly the way of preparing also. The Golden Calf, Which the World Adores, and Desires |
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