The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik]. Continuation |
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... Nature . Upwards of 100 Engravings . ( Mary and William ) Stories of English and Foreign Life . Twenty beau- tiful Engravings . Hunt's ( Leigh ) Book for a Corner . Eighty extremely beautiful Engravings . India , Pictorial , Descriptive ...
... Nature . Upwards of 100 Engravings . ( Mary and William ) Stories of English and Foreign Life . Twenty beau- tiful Engravings . Hunt's ( Leigh ) Book for a Corner . Eighty extremely beautiful Engravings . India , Pictorial , Descriptive ...
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... nature , but an allusion likewise to the spirit in which he had pursued his investigations , as having been that , not of selection and system - building , but of child - like alacrity in seizing upon whatever contributions of knowledge ...
... nature , but an allusion likewise to the spirit in which he had pursued his investigations , as having been that , not of selection and system - building , but of child - like alacrity in seizing upon whatever contributions of knowledge ...
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... Nature principally for the purpose of seeking in it the defence of some favourite theory ; partially , therefore , and hastily , as one would consult a dictionary : Newton perused it as a volume altogether worthy of being studied for ...
... Nature principally for the purpose of seeking in it the defence of some favourite theory ; partially , therefore , and hastily , as one would consult a dictionary : Newton perused it as a volume altogether worthy of being studied for ...
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... nature . Supposing , then , this power , when extended to the moon , to decrease at the same rate at which it appeared to do in regard to the planets which revolved around the sun , he next set himself to calculate whether its force ...
... nature . Supposing , then , this power , when extended to the moon , to decrease at the same rate at which it appeared to do in regard to the planets which revolved around the sun , he next set himself to calculate whether its force ...
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... nature , immediately before they were detected , it is yet an unques- tionable fact that this veil had been ... nature , with that which draws a stone , when let fall , to the surface of the earth , Newton showed that the law of the ...
... nature , immediately before they were detected , it is yet an unques- tionable fact that this veil had been ... nature , with that which draws a stone , when let fall , to the surface of the earth , Newton showed that the law of the ...
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