The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik].C. Knight, 1834 |
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... lived , is the one who has most extended the territory of human know- ledge ; and he used to speak of himself as having B been all his life but " a child gathering pebbles CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Newton; Galileo; Torricelli; Pascal; Page ...
... lived , is the one who has most extended the territory of human know- ledge ; and he used to speak of himself as having B been all his life but " a child gathering pebbles CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Newton; Galileo; Torricelli; Pascal; Page ...
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... lived , even after ad- vancing to the very confines of all we now know , stopped there , and could find nothing better to offer than the old solution of the difficulty , in a case attended with circumstances which to us would seem to ...
... lived , even after ad- vancing to the very confines of all we now know , stopped there , and could find nothing better to offer than the old solution of the difficulty , in a case attended with circumstances which to us would seem to ...
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... lived in circumstances so unfavourable to its growth , and therefore of the exquisite pleasure which its gratifica- tion is found to bring with it . If the permanence of any pleasure , indeed , is to be looked upon as one of the proofs ...
... lived in circumstances so unfavourable to its growth , and therefore of the exquisite pleasure which its gratifica- tion is found to bring with it . If the permanence of any pleasure , indeed , is to be looked upon as one of the proofs ...
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... lived ; and he soon exhibited an uncom- mon desire of acquiring information . He made so rapid a progress in the humble branches of know- ledge taught in the school , that , before he had com- pleted his tenth year , he was paying a ...
... lived ; and he soon exhibited an uncom- mon desire of acquiring information . He made so rapid a progress in the humble branches of know- ledge taught in the school , that , before he had com- pleted his tenth year , he was paying a ...
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... lived , for whom he had formed an attachment during his residence there . Thus left , both of them , without a shilling , the young persons nevertheless determined to share each other's destiny , and they were accordingly united . By ...
... lived , for whom he had formed an attachment during his residence there . Thus left , both of them , without a shilling , the young persons nevertheless determined to share each other's destiny , and they were accordingly united . By ...
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