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... whole generation ; and Newton's law of gravitation , though proved by the strictest mathematical proof , received from many eminent men but a slow and grudging acquiescence . Even Leibnitz , who as a mathematician hardly inferior to ...
... whole generation ; and Newton's law of gravitation , though proved by the strictest mathematical proof , received from many eminent men but a slow and grudging acquiescence . Even Leibnitz , who as a mathematician hardly inferior to ...
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... whole , it must be admitted that such cumulative evidence has already been brought forward in sufficient quantity to amount to a satisfactory demonstration . The con- vergence of proofs is too persistent and unmistakable to allow of any ...
... whole , it must be admitted that such cumulative evidence has already been brought forward in sufficient quantity to amount to a satisfactory demonstration . The con- vergence of proofs is too persistent and unmistakable to allow of any ...
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... whole , more useful to a race of animals than variations in physical con- stitution , then natural selection must seize upon the former to the relative neglect of the latter . This con- clusion follows inevitably from the theory of ...
... whole , more useful to a race of animals than variations in physical con- stitution , then natural selection must seize upon the former to the relative neglect of the latter . This con- clusion follows inevitably from the theory of ...
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... whole , materialism does not represent any- thing of primary importance in modern philosophy ; it represents rather the crude speculation of that large and increasing number of people who have acquired some knowledge of the truths of ...
... whole , materialism does not represent any- thing of primary importance in modern philosophy ; it represents rather the crude speculation of that large and increasing number of people who have acquired some knowledge of the truths of ...
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... whole account in terms of motion that can be quantitatively measured . Once admit into the circuit of metamorphosis some element - such as feeling - that does not allow of quantitative measurement , and the correlation can no longer be ...
... whole account in terms of motion that can be quantitatively measured . Once admit into the circuit of metamorphosis some element - such as feeling - that does not allow of quantitative measurement , and the correlation can no longer be ...
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