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... follows that dealing with the abstract is a purer exercise of the intellectual processes , simply as such , than occupation with the concrete or real possibly can be . Exercise in the abstract thus tends to give power to our intellec ...
... follows that dealing with the abstract is a purer exercise of the intellectual processes , simply as such , than occupation with the concrete or real possibly can be . Exercise in the abstract thus tends to give power to our intellec ...
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... follow the method which nature is itself pursuing : -the pupil is daily and almost unconsciously adding to his store in conversing with others and in hearing the names of the common objects which pass daily and hourly before his eyes ...
... follow the method which nature is itself pursuing : -the pupil is daily and almost unconsciously adding to his store in conversing with others and in hearing the names of the common objects which pass daily and hourly before his eyes ...
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... follow the above mode of procedure , unless there be some special point , moral or other , which the writer desires to bring into prominence . To this we should cursorily allude , and that would suffice : but we ought not to speak of it ...
... follow the above mode of procedure , unless there be some special point , moral or other , which the writer desires to bring into prominence . To this we should cursorily allude , and that would suffice : but we ought not to speak of it ...
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... follow with the eye . ) Q. What is here said about " familiar objects and events " ? A. That they are far from presenting themselves , etc. Q. A. What things are " far from presenting themselves , " etc. ? " Familiar objects and events ...
... follow with the eye . ) Q. What is here said about " familiar objects and events " ? A. That they are far from presenting themselves , etc. Q. A. What things are " far from presenting themselves , " etc. ? " Familiar objects and events ...
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... follows : - " Till from the straw the flail the corn doth beat , Until the chaff be purged from the wheat , Yea , till the mill the grains in pieces tear , The richness of the flour will scarce appear . So , till men's persons great ...
... follows : - " Till from the straw the flail the corn doth beat , Until the chaff be purged from the wheat , Yea , till the mill the grains in pieces tear , The richness of the flour will scarce appear . So , till men's persons great ...
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