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This idea may now be applied to chemical processes: _e. g._, a glass of sugar-water will remain sweet unless some foreign element is introduced into it, but the moment it receives a fermenting substance either by chance, from the air, or with intention, then the sugar water is brought into a process of chemical decomposition, and from this there results _Auslosung; _ but the introduction of the fermenting agent into the sugar-water is _Auslosung_.
The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality Rudolf Schmid
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Slight mechanical operations of detaching and the like, by which another and more important action, whose forces were heretofore restrained, can be set into activity: _e. g._, the pressure which sets in motion a machine, previously at rest, is _Auslosung_; the pressure on the trigger of
The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality Rudolf Schmid
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a gun is _Auslosung_; the friction of a match which is the beginning of a great fire is _Auslosung_.
The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality Rudolf Schmid
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He says, in a note to the translator: "I was led to this idea [of _Auslosung_] in a small essay of
The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality Rudolf Schmid
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Von Mayer applies this idea to psycho-physical relations of life, and says: when the will acting through the agency of the motor nerves sets in motion the muscles, this is _Auslosung_. "
The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality Rudolf Schmid
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"_Auslosung_ is a word originated by modern mechanical science, and means:
The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality Rudolf Schmid
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