The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 1. köideLittle, Brown, 1902 |
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... common sense . This evidence may in certain cases consist chiefly of the fact that generations of our predecessors have taken a certain view regarding a certain question ; indeed most of our cherished beliefs have this foundation . But ...
... common sense . This evidence may in certain cases consist chiefly of the fact that generations of our predecessors have taken a certain view regarding a certain question ; indeed most of our cherished beliefs have this foundation . But ...
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... Common Council , and has 272,000 volumes on its shelves . The Newberry Library , on the north side , possesses an endowment fund of about $ 2,500,000 , and has 230,000 volumes . It is especially rich in Americana . The John Crerar ...
... Common Council , and has 272,000 volumes on its shelves . The Newberry Library , on the north side , possesses an endowment fund of about $ 2,500,000 , and has 230,000 volumes . It is especially rich in Americana . The John Crerar ...
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... common council . The league examines and publishes the record of each candidate , no matter by what party nominated , and recom- mends election or defeat , as the case may be . As a result the council has been largely redeemed from the ...
... common council . The league examines and publishes the record of each candidate , no matter by what party nominated , and recom- mends election or defeat , as the case may be . As a result the council has been largely redeemed from the ...
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... common law came to recognize criminal liability in cases where persons , bound under duty or contract to supply necessaries to a child , unable by reason of its tender years to provide for itself , wilfully neglected to supply them ...
... common law came to recognize criminal liability in cases where persons , bound under duty or contract to supply necessaries to a child , unable by reason of its tender years to provide for itself , wilfully neglected to supply them ...
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... common law and the statutes already mentioned . Its real efficacy lies in the main in the provisions which facilitate the taking of evidence of young children , in permitting boards of guardians to prosecute at the expense of the rates ...
... common law and the statutes already mentioned . Its real efficacy lies in the main in the provisions which facilitate the taking of evidence of young children , in permitting boards of guardians to prosecute at the expense of the rates ...
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