American Library of Useful Knowledge, Volume 1Stimpson and Clapp, 1831 - Science |
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... Never did a single encouraging remark , a bright hope , or a warm wish , cross my path . Silence itself was but politeness , veiling its doubts , or hiding its reproaches . At length the day arrived when the experi- ment was to be put ...
... Never did a single encouraging remark , a bright hope , or a warm wish , cross my path . Silence itself was but politeness , veiling its doubts , or hiding its reproaches . At length the day arrived when the experi- ment was to be put ...
Page 14
... never - fading tint . It discloses the nature and properties of light and heat , of air and water , of the pro- ducts of the vegetable and animal kingdoms , of earths and alkalies , and acids , and minerals , and metals . And , though ...
... never - fading tint . It discloses the nature and properties of light and heat , of air and water , of the pro- ducts of the vegetable and animal kingdoms , of earths and alkalies , and acids , and minerals , and metals . And , though ...
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... never sleeps ; the genius , which is once kindled at its altar , burns on with an inex- tinguishable flame . It has been remarked , that such was the progress of astronomical science , and the number of minds engaged in it towards the ...
... never sleeps ; the genius , which is once kindled at its altar , burns on with an inex- tinguishable flame . It has been remarked , that such was the progress of astronomical science , and the number of minds engaged in it towards the ...
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... never perfect , and nature is inexhaustible ; that science , while it is the master of art , is itself ultimately dependent upon it ; that the intellectual power grows up in all stations , and in all soils ; that , all other ...
... never perfect , and nature is inexhaustible ; that science , while it is the master of art , is itself ultimately dependent upon it ; that the intellectual power grows up in all stations , and in all soils ; that , all other ...
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... such a noble elevation of purpose ? America has hitherto given her full proportion of genius to the cultivation of the arts . She has never been behind the most intelligent portions of the world in STORY'S DISCOURSE . 33.
... such a noble elevation of purpose ? America has hitherto given her full proportion of genius to the cultivation of the arts . She has never been behind the most intelligent portions of the world in STORY'S DISCOURSE . 33.
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