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in·nate heat

in ancient Greek medicine, the heat of the heart sustained by the pneuma and distributed by the arteries throughout the body.
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"Well, my friend, this earth will one day be that cold corpse; it will become uninhabitable and uninhabited like the moon, which has long since lost all its vital heat."
Of course the vital heat is not to be confounded with fire; but so much for analogy.
The grand necessity, then, for our bodies, is to keep warm, to keep the vital heat in us.
How can a man be a philosopher and not maintain his vital heat by better methods than other men?
Serge Energy's Renewable Biomass Energy Project allows investors to invest in the production of Renewable Energy Biomass Pellets that will provide vital heat and energy across the Nordic area.
I was all set and ready to go when I got the call to say it was off.'' Ellis raced for Swindon in front of the TV cameras on Monday and jumped the start in a vital Heat 14 - but the Robins still won.
Of course, independent of our designations and our enemy the clock telling us what time it supposedly is, Earth has its own cycle of swinging slightly closer and slightly farther from the Sun as its axis points one hemisphere and then the other toward that vital heat source.
This must have been the centre of their domestic universe, where the meals and drinks were prepared, all hot water for washing generated, and also that vital heat needed during the colder months.
Busch claimed 5+1, including a vital heat 14 race win, on his return from damaged ankle ligaments, while number one Garrity suffered a first race exclusion and could only muster three points.
Three shared 3-3s followed, taking the score to 41-31 and maintaining Newcastle's six-point lead going in to the vital heat 13.
"Without the influence of this vital heat source we can expect a horrific winter to develop with frequent blizzards/strong wc winds and extremely cold conditions.
"Without the influence of this vital heat source, we can expect a horrific winter to develop with frequent blizzards/strong winds and extremely cold conditions across many parts of the country.
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