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For accomplishment or for accomplishing ? Shall it fit for the tour of Europe or for
the journey of life ? Masculine and feminine or vaguely human ? Shall it rattle
with the drumbeat , bound with gymnastics , court fame by excursive “ nines " not
...
For accomplishment or for accomplishing ? Shall it fit for the tour of Europe or for
the journey of life ? Masculine and feminine or vaguely human ? Shall it rattle
with the drumbeat , bound with gymnastics , court fame by excursive “ nines " not
...
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But when he listens to Sir John Lubbock calmly reckoning the age of the human
implements in the valley of the Somme at from one hundred thousand up to two
hundred and forty thousand years ; when he sees Croll , in dating the close of the
...
But when he listens to Sir John Lubbock calmly reckoning the age of the human
implements in the valley of the Somme at from one hundred thousand up to two
hundred and forty thousand years ; when he sees Croll , in dating the close of the
...
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Any single genius , if not an infinitesimal , counts at most but a digit in the vast
notation of humanity . The great masters have been the greatest scholars . · Many
a bright mind has struggled alone , to beat the air . Behold in some national
patent ...
Any single genius , if not an infinitesimal , counts at most but a digit in the vast
notation of humanity . The great masters have been the greatest scholars . · Many
a bright mind has struggled alone , to beat the air . Behold in some national
patent ...
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We must link our pursuits to those of humanity . Breadth and robustness given to
the mental constitution in its early training shall go far through life to save us from
partial paralysis or monstrosity . To ensure this result , however , we must add to ...
We must link our pursuits to those of humanity . Breadth and robustness given to
the mental constitution in its early training shall go far through life to save us from
partial paralysis or monstrosity . To ensure this result , however , we must add to ...
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It abdicates the province of a human intelligence , which is to seek and find truth .
It abrogates the moral obligation to prove all things and hold fast that which is
good . It revolts from the great problem of life , which calls on us to know , and to ...
It abdicates the province of a human intelligence , which is to seek and find truth .
It abrogates the moral obligation to prove all things and hold fast that which is
good . It revolts from the great problem of life , which calls on us to know , and to ...
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