The American Library of Useful Knowledge, Volume 1Stimpson and Clapp, 1831 |
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... thought unworthy of the attention of the accomplished scholar and man of science . Controverted doctrines will be , as much as possible , avoided , and the great aim of the work will be to aid in the general dissemination of facts and ...
... thought unworthy of the attention of the accomplished scholar and man of science . Controverted doctrines will be , as much as possible , avoided , and the great aim of the work will be to aid in the general dissemination of facts and ...
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... thought upon vague and visionary projects . It may seem strange , that such wise counsels should not be listened to with immediate if not universal approbation . The progress , however , even of the most salutary truths is slow , when ...
... thought upon vague and visionary projects . It may seem strange , that such wise counsels should not be listened to with immediate if not universal approbation . The progress , however , even of the most salutary truths is slow , when ...
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... thought of a system of scientific instruction , much less of mutual instruction , for those , who were to be bred in the arts . These institutions began , as you know , under the auspices of Professor Anderson , at Glasgow , and so ...
... thought of a system of scientific instruction , much less of mutual instruction , for those , who were to be bred in the arts . These institutions began , as you know , under the auspices of Professor Anderson , at Glasgow , and so ...
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... thoughts , lets fall a preternatural stupor . Their misfortune is that , so beau- tifully touched by the poet " But knowledge to their eyes her ample page , Rich with the spoils of time , did ne'er unroll . " I might remark in the next ...
... thoughts , lets fall a preternatural stupor . Their misfortune is that , so beau- tifully touched by the poet " But knowledge to their eyes her ample page , Rich with the spoils of time , did ne'er unroll . " I might remark in the next ...
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thoughts , but it elevates them , and thus gives them a live- lier moral action . When one has seen an apple fall from a tree , and is told for the first time , that its fall is regulated by the law of gravitation , the simplicity of ...
thoughts , but it elevates them , and thus gives them a live- lier moral action . When one has seen an apple fall from a tree , and is told for the first time , that its fall is regulated by the law of gravitation , the simplicity of ...
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