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Survey the whole circle of the sciences , and trace the history of our progress in
each , you find this to be the universal rule . In chymical philosophy the dreams of
the alchymists prepared the way for the more rational , though erroneous , theory
...
Survey the whole circle of the sciences , and trace the history of our progress in
each , you find this to be the universal rule . In chymical philosophy the dreams of
the alchymists prepared the way for the more rational , though erroneous , theory
...
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... s instrument his discoveries were extended over the whole system of the
universe , deterniining the masses , the forms , and the motions of all its parts , by
the mere inspection of abstract calculations and formulas analytically deduced .
... s instrument his discoveries were extended over the whole system of the
universe , deterniining the masses , the forms , and the motions of all its parts , by
the mere inspection of abstract calculations and formulas analytically deduced .
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That wonderful proposition of Newton , which , with its corollaries , may be said to
give the whole doctrine of disturbing forces , has been little more than applied
and extended by the labours of succeeding geometricans . Indeed , La Place ...
That wonderful proposition of Newton , which , with its corollaries , may be said to
give the whole doctrine of disturbing forces , has been little more than applied
and extended by the labours of succeeding geometricans . Indeed , La Place ...
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Nor when we recollect the Greek orator ' s exclamation - " The whole earth is the
monument of illustrious men , " can we stop short of declaring that the whole
universe is Newton ' s . Yet in raising the statue which preserves his likeness ,
near ...
Nor when we recollect the Greek orator ' s exclamation - " The whole earth is the
monument of illustrious men , " can we stop short of declaring that the whole
universe is Newton ' s . Yet in raising the statue which preserves his likeness ,
near ...
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... especially when these public objects are wrought in with a perennial pouring
forth of historical and scientific writings , and with a very high range of
acquisitions throughout the whole cycle of human knowledge ; but these dwarf
when we put ...
... especially when these public objects are wrought in with a perennial pouring
forth of historical and scientific writings , and with a very high range of
acquisitions throughout the whole cycle of human knowledge ; but these dwarf
when we put ...
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Page 310 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
Page 309 - BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court /My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth...
Page 238 - The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men — between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant — is energy, invincible determination, a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory. That quality will do anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it.
Page 179 - I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but...
Page 177 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Page 265 - Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains ; and of all that we behold From this green earth ; of all the mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create*, And what perceive...
Page 180 - Where no misgiving is, rely Upon the genial sense of youth; Glad hearts, without reproach or blot, Who do thy work and know it not: Oh!
Page 309 - The star that bids the shepherd fold Now the top of heaven doth hold ; And the gilded car of day His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream : And the slope sun his upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole, Pacing toward the other goal Of his chamber in the east.
Page 21 - But time did beckon to the flowers, and they By noon most cunningly did steal away, And withered in my hand.
Page 70 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...
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| Title | The Popular lecturer [afterw.] Pitman's Popular lecturer (and reader), ed. by H. Pitman, 4–6. köide |
| Editor | Henry Pitman |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 18 okt. 2006 |
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