The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik]. Continuation |
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... circumstances , might perhaps be conveniently enough comprehended in four classes ; to be designated , for shortness ' sake , the Conquerors of Ignorance , the Conquerors of Ad- versity , the Conquerors of Business , and the Conquerors ...
... circumstances , might perhaps be conveniently enough comprehended in four classes ; to be designated , for shortness ' sake , the Conquerors of Ignorance , the Conquerors of Ad- versity , the Conquerors of Business , and the Conquerors ...
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... circumstance , and one strikingly illustrative of the truly philosophic character of this great man's mind . In the ... circumstances , might have taxed his ingenuity to account for it in a variety of ways , so as still to save the ...
... circumstance , and one strikingly illustrative of the truly philosophic character of this great man's mind . In the ... circumstances , might have taxed his ingenuity to account for it in a variety of ways , so as still to save the ...
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... circumstances which to us would seem to have made the necessity for abandoning it obvious . A pump of more than thirty - two feet in height having chanced to be erected at Florence , while Galileo resided in that city , the philosopher ...
... circumstances which to us would seem to have made the necessity for abandoning it obvious . A pump of more than thirty - two feet in height having chanced to be erected at Florence , while Galileo resided in that city , the philosopher ...
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... circumstances , and con- sequently of the height of any position to which we could carry the instrument . The experiment was performed , and the result was what Pascal had anticipated . In this way , at length , was completed a dis ...
... circumstances , and con- sequently of the height of any position to which we could carry the instrument . The experiment was performed , and the result was what Pascal had anticipated . In this way , at length , was completed a dis ...
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... account of what the love of knowledge has achieved in circumstances so opposite to his own . It can hardly fail to stimulate his own exertions , and to remind him that his acquisitions ought to be in some 14 The Pursuit of Knowledge .
... account of what the love of knowledge has achieved in circumstances so opposite to his own . It can hardly fail to stimulate his own exertions , and to remind him that his acquisitions ought to be in some 14 The Pursuit of Knowledge .
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