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... " about whom he makes so apt a quotation from Goethe . Surely he has not duly con- sidered two points . The first , that I am in no way 66 answerable for the origination of the doctrine he criti- cises vi A PREFATORY LETTER .
... " about whom he makes so apt a quotation from Goethe . Surely he has not duly con- sidered two points . The first , that I am in no way 66 answerable for the origination of the doctrine he criti- cises vi A PREFATORY LETTER .
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Thomas Henry Huxley. answerable for the origination of the doctrine he criti- cises and the second , that if we are to employ the terms observation , induction , and experiment , in the sense in which he uses them , logic is as much an ...
Thomas Henry Huxley. answerable for the origination of the doctrine he criti- cises and the second , that if we are to employ the terms observation , induction , and experiment , in the sense in which he uses them , logic is as much an ...
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... doctrine which I now propound to you - that all their hypotheses were alike wrong ; that the plague was no more , in their sense , Divine judgment , than the fire was the work of any poli- tical , or of any religious , sect ; but that ...
... doctrine which I now propound to you - that all their hypotheses were alike wrong ; that the plague was no more , in their sense , Divine judgment , than the fire was the work of any poli- tical , or of any religious , sect ; but that ...
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... doctrine which I now propound to you -that all their hypotheses were alike wrong ; that the plague was no more , in their sense , Divine judgment , than the fire was the work of any poli- tical , or of any religious , sect ; but that ...
... doctrine which I now propound to you -that all their hypotheses were alike wrong ; that the plague was no more , in their sense , Divine judgment , than the fire was the work of any poli- tical , or of any religious , sect ; but that ...
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... doctrine that all matter has weight , and that the force which produces weight is co - extensive with the universe , -in short , to the theory of universal gravitation and endless force . While learning how to handle gases led to the ...
... doctrine that all matter has weight , and that the force which produces weight is co - extensive with the universe , -in short , to the theory of universal gravitation and endless force . While learning how to handle gases led to the ...
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