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... give the requisite time and atten tion to the process . The mariner , also , steers his ship by the aid of his Practical Navigator and Nautical Almanac , though he cannot give the rationale of one of his own calculations . Instruct him ...
... give the requisite time and atten tion to the process . The mariner , also , steers his ship by the aid of his Practical Navigator and Nautical Almanac , though he cannot give the rationale of one of his own calculations . Instruct him ...
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... Give to the compara- tive anatomist a section of a single tooth , and he will tell you to what animal it belongs ; give him one scale of a fish that no longer exists except as imbedded in red sandstone , and he will reconstruct that ...
... Give to the compara- tive anatomist a section of a single tooth , and he will tell you to what animal it belongs ; give him one scale of a fish that no longer exists except as imbedded in red sandstone , and he will reconstruct that ...
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... give him even the remotest conception of what the word signifies . It is said , that such a person , being once asked what idea he had of an object colored red , answered , that he thought it must resemble the sound of a trumpet ; and ...
... give him even the remotest conception of what the word signifies . It is said , that such a person , being once asked what idea he had of an object colored red , answered , that he thought it must resemble the sound of a trumpet ; and ...
Contents
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL | 1 |
THIS DISTINCTION APPLIED TO PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY | 25 |
CHAPTER VIII | 173 |
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