The North American Review, Volume 85University of Northern Iowa, 1857 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 26
... existence . The remaining papers on the subject of government we must pass without notice . In closing the topic , it is of inter- est to observe that the letter to Mr. Lee , which filled but a single sheet , was the cause , ultimately ...
... existence . The remaining papers on the subject of government we must pass without notice . In closing the topic , it is of inter- est to observe that the letter to Mr. Lee , which filled but a single sheet , was the cause , ultimately ...
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... existence . But it is as absurd to suppose any identification of this existence with the materials which it puts on and off , as to suppose the hand identified with the glove it wears , or the sponge with the various fluids which may in ...
... existence . But it is as absurd to suppose any identification of this existence with the materials which it puts on and off , as to suppose the hand identified with the glove it wears , or the sponge with the various fluids which may in ...
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... existence of matter , lead us to speak of them as if their laws , as we term them , were absolutely and eternally inherent . But a law which an omnipotent , omniscient , omnipresent Being enforces , is plainly nothing more than the ...
... existence of matter , lead us to speak of them as if their laws , as we term them , were absolutely and eternally inherent . But a law which an omnipotent , omniscient , omnipresent Being enforces , is plainly nothing more than the ...
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... existence of anything behind them - sub- stance , or substratum — is a mere hypothesis . But while the fluent forces of the universe have been shown to pass more or less completely into one another , these collections of station- ary ...
... existence of anything behind them - sub- stance , or substratum — is a mere hypothesis . But while the fluent forces of the universe have been shown to pass more or less completely into one another , these collections of station- ary ...
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... existence might be thought to be characteristic of organic being . But , in the first place , this fact is not so universal and absolute as might be supposed . De Candolle long since promulgated the doctrine that trees live indefinitely ...
... existence might be thought to be characteristic of organic being . But , in the first place , this fact is not so universal and absolute as might be supposed . De Candolle long since promulgated the doctrine that trees live indefinitely ...
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