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... reason for dissatisfaction then , if you are dissatisfied in these ways now . To be more specific , I hope that you will be discontented with your fund of knowledge and your intellectual development so far in life , and that this will ...
... reason for dissatisfaction then , if you are dissatisfied in these ways now . To be more specific , I hope that you will be discontented with your fund of knowledge and your intellectual development so far in life , and that this will ...
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... reason for believing that he is ? Homely , familiar talk can often be a device for evading or concealing the real issue , for inducing the reader to relax his vigilance and take ideas on faith alone . The reader is in danger of buying a ...
... reason for believing that he is ? Homely , familiar talk can often be a device for evading or concealing the real issue , for inducing the reader to relax his vigilance and take ideas on faith alone . The reader is in danger of buying a ...
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... reason- able persons . We know giraffes are found in Africa because many trust- worthy explorers have brought them back from there , and we could , in any case , go and see for ourselves . We know that oxygen has a valence of two , for ...
... reason- able persons . We know giraffes are found in Africa because many trust- worthy explorers have brought them back from there , and we could , in any case , go and see for ourselves . We know that oxygen has a valence of two , for ...
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