Advancement of LearningP.F. Collier, 1902 - 431 sider |
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Side 10
... regard to the sciences is vertiginous , or in the way of perpetual rotation . Nor is he ignorant that he stands alone in an experiment almost too bold and astonishing to obtain credit , yet he thought it not right to desert either the ...
... regard to the sciences is vertiginous , or in the way of perpetual rotation . Nor is he ignorant that he stands alone in an experiment almost too bold and astonishing to obtain credit , yet he thought it not right to desert either the ...
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... regard to their own character they submitted to the judgment of the times , and the populace . And thus when any more sublime speculations happened to appear , they were commonly tossed and extinguished by the breath of popular opinion ...
... regard to their own character they submitted to the judgment of the times , and the populace . And thus when any more sublime speculations happened to appear , they were commonly tossed and extinguished by the breath of popular opinion ...
Side 14
... regard is shown to opinions and moral considerations , the sciences are greatly hurt by such a lan- guid procedure ; for it is scarce possible at once to admire and excel an author ; as water rises no higher than the res- ervoir it ...
... regard is shown to opinions and moral considerations , the sciences are greatly hurt by such a lan- guid procedure ; for it is scarce possible at once to admire and excel an author ; as water rises no higher than the res- ervoir it ...
Side 20
... regard to the things we shall note as defective ; it will be our method to give more than the bare titles , or short heads of what we desire to have done ; with particular care , where the dignity or difficulty of the subject requires ...
... regard to the things we shall note as defective ; it will be our method to give more than the bare titles , or short heads of what we desire to have done ; with particular care , where the dignity or difficulty of the subject requires ...
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... regard works , and the active parts of the sciences , yet we wait for the time of harvest , and would not reap the blade for the ear . We are well aware that axioms , rightly framed , will draw after them whole sheaves of works : but ...
... regard works , and the active parts of the sciences , yet we wait for the time of harvest , and would not reap the blade for the ear . We are well aware that axioms , rightly framed , will draw after them whole sheaves of works : but ...
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