Turning Points in LifeHarper & brother, 1873 - 364 pages |
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... whole pre- vious life , so to speak , had been a preparation for that partic- ular minute of momentous action . It was a sum , duly cast up , giving the result in particular figures . The practical force of these considerations is ...
... whole pre- vious life , so to speak , had been a preparation for that partic- ular minute of momentous action . It was a sum , duly cast up , giving the result in particular figures . The practical force of these considerations is ...
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... whole lifetime . I have met with two in- stances of this in my recent reading . The other day I was within a magnificent library - a library that belonged to one of the greatest scholars that England has ever known . I took down a tall ...
... whole lifetime . I have met with two in- stances of this in my recent reading . The other day I was within a magnificent library - a library that belonged to one of the greatest scholars that England has ever known . I took down a tall ...
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... whole realms of thought and truth which otherwise might have eluded our sphere of ob- servation . I noticed the other instance in Mrs. Gordon's in- teresting little book respecting her illustrious father , Sir Da- vid Brewster . On the ...
... whole realms of thought and truth which otherwise might have eluded our sphere of ob- servation . I noticed the other instance in Mrs. Gordon's in- teresting little book respecting her illustrious father , Sir Da- vid Brewster . On the ...
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... had been fixed on , he seemed to view the whole affair as if it had been one which did not con- cern him in the least . " I should hope that sensible men do not often leave the choice of a wife to be INTRODUCTORY THOUGHTS . 21.
... had been fixed on , he seemed to view the whole affair as if it had been one which did not con- cern him in the least . " I should hope that sensible men do not often leave the choice of a wife to be INTRODUCTORY THOUGHTS . 21.
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... whole claim in his " Tetrachordon . " Yet this is a length to which any legislature would decline to go . Every now and then , in history , or in the history of litera- ture and science , we find some striking historical instance of ...
... whole claim in his " Tetrachordon . " Yet this is a length to which any legislature would decline to go . Every now and then , in history , or in the history of litera- ture and science , we find some striking historical instance of ...
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