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No doubt the individual particles of the comet are still revolv- ing in their accustomed orbit ; but in the course of successive revolutions they have become so widely dispersed as to be no longer visible .
No doubt the individual particles of the comet are still revolv- ing in their accustomed orbit ; but in the course of successive revolutions they have become so widely dispersed as to be no longer visible .
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The Papal supremacy and policy are to them the source of daily tribulation , and consequently have become the object of their strenuous and unremitting assaults . Beginning with a keen sense of the injuries inflicted on Church and ...
The Papal supremacy and policy are to them the source of daily tribulation , and consequently have become the object of their strenuous and unremitting assaults . Beginning with a keen sense of the injuries inflicted on Church and ...
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By reasoning out what we know , we make knowledge lead to wisdom ; we become civilized as we grow older . If the vast body of truths consti- tuting modern science could have been miraculously told to our mediæval ancestors , an imposing ...
By reasoning out what we know , we make knowledge lead to wisdom ; we become civilized as we grow older . If the vast body of truths consti- tuting modern science could have been miraculously told to our mediæval ancestors , an imposing ...
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Contents
LAURENCE Sterne | 1 |
METEORIC SHOWERS | 38 |
THE RELIGIOUS REFORM MOVEMENT IN ITALY | 51 |
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