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... effects upon the mind of man itself ; the way in which they have developed and en- hanced his intellectual powers , assuaged his appe- tites and passions , dispelled his prejudices , fostered his finer feelings , and raised him from the ...
... effects upon the mind of man itself ; the way in which they have developed and en- hanced his intellectual powers , assuaged his appe- tites and passions , dispelled his prejudices , fostered his finer feelings , and raised him from the ...
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... effect , a subject belonging altogether to metaphysical enquiry , would be ex- tremely likely to free physical science of many of its errors , and simplify the labours of the philo- sopher , by confining his attention to its legitimate ...
... effect , a subject belonging altogether to metaphysical enquiry , would be ex- tremely likely to free physical science of many of its errors , and simplify the labours of the philo- sopher , by confining his attention to its legitimate ...
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... effect produced , and the hypothesis be received as a satisfactory explanation , were no facts at variance with the conditions neces implied . We must therefore look to the diffic which surround it rather than the arguments favour , and ...
... effect produced , and the hypothesis be received as a satisfactory explanation , were no facts at variance with the conditions neces implied . We must therefore look to the diffic which surround it rather than the arguments favour , and ...
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... effect . " Now it is difficult to conceive that this extreme and instantaneous change of climate could have been effected by any other means than a change in the inclination of the axis of the earth ; and the only physical agent we can ...
... effect . " Now it is difficult to conceive that this extreme and instantaneous change of climate could have been effected by any other means than a change in the inclination of the axis of the earth ; and the only physical agent we can ...
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... effects of such a shock upon the earth . The axis and rotatory motion being changed , the seas aban- don their former position , and rush to the new equator : great part of the men and animals drowned in this universal deluge , or ...
... effects of such a shock upon the earth . The axis and rotatory motion being changed , the seas aban- don their former position , and rush to the new equator : great part of the men and animals drowned in this universal deluge , or ...
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