... it distinguishes the hot and the cold, and those things of which flesh is a certain reason; but by another power, either separate, or as an inflected line subsists with reference to itself when it is extended, it distinguishes the essence of flesh. Further still, in those things which consist in ablation, the straight is as the flat nose; for ... — Library Of The World's Best Literature, Ancient And Modern, Vol. 2 • Charles Dudley Warner
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