The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 20. köideLittle, Brown, 1886 |
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... less . Popula- tion . ways carried only 124 million passengers , while the British lines conveyed 622 millions . The expenses swallowed up 56 per cent . of the gross receipts , or 4 per cent . more than those of England in the same year ...
... less . Popula- tion . ways carried only 124 million passengers , while the British lines conveyed 622 millions . The expenses swallowed up 56 per cent . of the gross receipts , or 4 per cent . more than those of England in the same year ...
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... less definite and less persistent , and admit less of actual isolation than physical facts do ; but the process of recognizing similarities or differences , the dangers of mal - observa- tion or non - observation , are not materially ...
... less definite and less persistent , and admit less of actual isolation than physical facts do ; but the process of recognizing similarities or differences , the dangers of mal - observa- tion or non - observation , are not materially ...
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... less consciously con- fused between " internal , " meaning " presented " in the psychological sense , and " external , " meaning not " not - presented " but corporeal or oftener extra - corporeal . But ( 2 ) , when used to distinguish ...
... less consciously con- fused between " internal , " meaning " presented " in the psychological sense , and " external , " meaning not " not - presented " but corporeal or oftener extra - corporeal . But ( 2 ) , when used to distinguish ...
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... less definite presentation which for the sake only proof of such position , since we cannot directly observe of it becomes the object of appetite or aversion ; in other the beginnings of conscious life , must consist of considera- words ...
... less definite presentation which for the sake only proof of such position , since we cannot directly observe of it becomes the object of appetite or aversion ; in other the beginnings of conscious life , must consist of considera- words ...
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... less than a certain assignable intensity . On attaining this intensity presentations are said to pass over the threshold of consciousness , to use Herbart's now classic phrase . What are we to say of them before they have attained it ...
... less than a certain assignable intensity . On attaining this intensity presentations are said to pass over the threshold of consciousness , to use Herbart's now classic phrase . What are we to say of them before they have attained it ...
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