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Page 106
... scientific men , by the head work of philosophers in their closets and chemists in their laboratories , and not by practical farmers in the field . These to be sure have an im- portant part to act in this business . It is for them to ...
... scientific men , by the head work of philosophers in their closets and chemists in their laboratories , and not by practical farmers in the field . These to be sure have an im- portant part to act in this business . It is for them to ...
Page 107
... scientific men can alone contrive , the knowledge which individuals obtain by personal experience is nearly all lost to the community . An old mariner whom I once knew , and who with- out ever acquiring the science of navigation ...
... scientific men can alone contrive , the knowledge which individuals obtain by personal experience is nearly all lost to the community . An old mariner whom I once knew , and who with- out ever acquiring the science of navigation ...
Page 109
... scientific co - laborers , and the art of agriculture would soon become as certain as any other art , while , by the application of scientific principles , the business would become of a more exalted character , and assume its true rank ...
... scientific co - laborers , and the art of agriculture would soon become as certain as any other art , while , by the application of scientific principles , the business would become of a more exalted character , and assume its true rank ...
Page 132
... scientific analysis of specimens of marsh mud taken from different places , shews how little depend- ence can be placed on a name of soils , & c . in agri- culture . method , from Hitchcock's Analysis of Marsh mud by Dana's 132 SCIENCE ...
... scientific analysis of specimens of marsh mud taken from different places , shews how little depend- ence can be placed on a name of soils , & c . in agri- culture . method , from Hitchcock's Analysis of Marsh mud by Dana's 132 SCIENCE ...
Page 134
... scientific recreation , and where it is the laws , the forces of nature which guide his hand and accomplish his work , it raises his ado- ration to the Maker of those laws , the cause of those forces , and religion becomes the crowning ...
... scientific recreation , and where it is the laws , the forces of nature which guide his hand and accomplish his work , it raises his ado- ration to the Maker of those laws , the cause of those forces , and religion becomes the crowning ...
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