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... - from page 12 to the end . In order to justify the statements of fact , and to support the opinions I have advanced , I have added notes ; a few in the form of foot - notes , but the larger part following the text ( pp . 87-112.
... - from page 12 to the end . In order to justify the statements of fact , and to support the opinions I have advanced , I have added notes ; a few in the form of foot - notes , but the larger part following the text ( pp . 87-112.
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... facts may be stated- stated again , if it must be - for there will always be facts in the career of one so original , and so singularly placed , to fix the attention again and again of those looking at all narrowly into his history ...
... facts may be stated- stated again , if it must be - for there will always be facts in the career of one so original , and so singularly placed , to fix the attention again and again of those looking at all narrowly into his history ...
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... fact is mentioned on the authority of a personal statement to me in the Museum many years ago by Professor Müller , who was then its Conservator . 1 66 ' Works , " vol . i . p . 155 . THE CATALOGUES . 7 Nor were there any men who 6 ...
... fact is mentioned on the authority of a personal statement to me in the Museum many years ago by Professor Müller , who was then its Conservator . 1 66 ' Works , " vol . i . p . 155 . THE CATALOGUES . 7 Nor were there any men who 6 ...
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... facts on what was obscure . In short , the expositors had to educate themselves in the Museum , and even add not ... fact that the labours of several editors - men of eminent ability and varied scientific pursuits - were combined to ...
... facts on what was obscure . In short , the expositors had to educate themselves in the Museum , and even add not ... fact that the labours of several editors - men of eminent ability and varied scientific pursuits - were combined to ...
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... facts so arranged . The harmony of plan in nature with exceeding di- versity of detail , associated with corresponding diversity of function , will at once occur to those whom I have the honour to address.1 The idea 1 A foreign ...
... facts so arranged . The harmony of plan in nature with exceeding di- versity of detail , associated with corresponding diversity of function , will at once occur to those whom I have the honour to address.1 The idea 1 A foreign ...
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