Modern Eloquence, Volume 8Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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Page 518
... fact that at the beginning of the Revo- lution , in 1776 , George Washington was made a Doctor of Laws at Harvard , and at its close , in 1783 , John Warren a Doctor of Medicine . From that time on there was no hesitation in the ...
... fact that at the beginning of the Revo- lution , in 1776 , George Washington was made a Doctor of Laws at Harvard , and at its close , in 1783 , John Warren a Doctor of Medicine . From that time on there was no hesitation in the ...
Page 521
... fact remained apart from other facts ; but when among learned men discoveries are brought into relations with familiar truths , the group suggests a law ; the law an inference ; the inference an experiment ; the experiment a conclusion ...
... fact remained apart from other facts ; but when among learned men discoveries are brought into relations with familiar truths , the group suggests a law ; the law an inference ; the inference an experiment ; the experiment a conclusion ...
Page 559
... fact alone - vivid , truthful pictures , which knowl- edge of fact alone would not enable us to paint . It is employed sometimes retrospectively , when the aim pro- posed is to bring together and to depict conditions which no longer ...
... fact alone - vivid , truthful pictures , which knowl- edge of fact alone would not enable us to paint . It is employed sometimes retrospectively , when the aim pro- posed is to bring together and to depict conditions which no longer ...
Contents
VOLUME VIII | 399 |
ELIOT CHARLES WILLIAM | 413 |
EMERSON RALPH WALDO | 419 |
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