The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik]. Continuation |
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... regard to the planets which revolved around the sun , he next set himself to calculate whether its force , at such a distance from the earth , would in reality be sufficient to retain that satellite in its orbit , and to account for its ...
... regard to the planets which revolved around the sun , he next set himself to calculate whether its force , at such a distance from the earth , would in reality be sufficient to retain that satellite in its orbit , and to account for its ...
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... regard to the law of gravitation : the fact of bodies generally having a tendency to fall to the earth , must of course have forced itself upon the attention of the very earliest inhabi- tants of our globe , every day and hour of their ...
... regard to the law of gravitation : the fact of bodies generally having a tendency to fall to the earth , must of course have forced itself upon the attention of the very earliest inhabi- tants of our globe , every day and hour of their ...
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... regard to that which they discovered . The person who first attempted the representation of sounds by writing must have taught himself his alphabet . This is the first consideration for all those who aspire , in the present day , to be ...
... regard to that which they discovered . The person who first attempted the representation of sounds by writing must have taught himself his alphabet . This is the first consideration for all those who aspire , in the present day , to be ...
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... regard to such subjects as they are fitted to ex- plain , the best teachers . He who can read , and is possessed of a good elementary treatise on the science he wishes to learn , hardly , in truth , needs a master . With only this ...
... regard to such subjects as they are fitted to ex- plain , the best teachers . He who can read , and is possessed of a good elementary treatise on the science he wishes to learn , hardly , in truth , needs a master . With only this ...
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... regard to this point ; for the family estate , such as it was , had gone to his eldest brother , and the father had made no provision for maintaining John any longer in idleness . So , destitute as he was of all literary acquirements ...
... regard to this point ; for the family estate , such as it was , had gone to his eldest brother , and the father had made no provision for maintaining John any longer in idleness . So , destitute as he was of all literary acquirements ...
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