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
... universal evolution as its organizing principle , Mr. Spencer has sketched for his philosophy the largest plan possible in the present state of human knowledge ; and here lies the cardinal merit of his attempt . But in the adoption of a ...
... universal evolution as its organizing principle , Mr. Spencer has sketched for his philosophy the largest plan possible in the present state of human knowledge ; and here lies the cardinal merit of his attempt . But in the adoption of a ...
Page 398
... universal- ized mechanics . The " Principles of Biology , " as might be inferred from these premises , is an elaborate defence of the mechanist theory of organic evolution , the essence of which theory is the principle that all vital ...
... universal- ized mechanics . The " Principles of Biology , " as might be inferred from these premises , is an elaborate defence of the mechanist theory of organic evolution , the essence of which theory is the principle that all vital ...
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... universal . Existence in its full breadth is the ground ; the import of life in its full depth is the theme . Here are to be the ultimate poles : the pure Infinite , in contrast and correlation with finite Nature , the sovereign ...
... universal . Existence in its full breadth is the ground ; the import of life in its full depth is the theme . Here are to be the ultimate poles : the pure Infinite , in contrast and correlation with finite Nature , the sovereign ...
Contents
LAURENCE Sterne | 1 |
METEORIC SHOWERS | 38 |
THE RELIGIOUS REFORM MOVEMENT IN ITALY | 51 |
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