The North American Review, Volume 107University of Northern Iowa, 1868 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 381
... attempt . But in the adoption of a false method , namely , the interpretation of uni- versal evolution as a purely mechanical process , and in the failure to follow boldly the idea of universal evolution to its logical consequences , we ...
... attempt . But in the adoption of a false method , namely , the interpretation of uni- versal evolution as a purely mechanical process , and in the failure to follow boldly the idea of universal evolution to its logical consequences , we ...
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... attempt to solve the problems of one science by the order of conceptions peculiar to another . " We should have found less to criticise in Mr. Spencer's two vol- umes , if he had not attempted to solve the problems of biology by the ...
... attempt to solve the problems of one science by the order of conceptions peculiar to another . " We should have found less to criticise in Mr. Spencer's two vol- umes , if he had not attempted to solve the problems of biology by the ...
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... attempt to establish breaching bat- teries . As it was , however , we knew , that , if we succeeded in silencing the fire of the bastions , the assaulting columns might be pushed forward with confidence of success . It was deter- mined ...
... attempt to establish breaching bat- teries . As it was , however , we knew , that , if we succeeded in silencing the fire of the bastions , the assaulting columns might be pushed forward with confidence of success . It was deter- mined ...
Contents
LAURENCE Sterne | 1 |
METEORIC SHOWERS | 38 |
THE RELIGIOUS REFORM MOVEMENT IN ITALY | 51 |
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