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... means rare , occur- rence . Men whose lives are devoted to the arts are infinitely less subjected to the graver physical evils than are either the pro- fessional men or the speculators . Their ailments , however , differ materially ...
... means rare , occur- rence . Men whose lives are devoted to the arts are infinitely less subjected to the graver physical evils than are either the pro- fessional men or the speculators . Their ailments , however , differ materially ...
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... means of existence , and have turned the profits of their calling to their higher aim and work ; but that higher work itself was pure . Thus our own Kepler , first great prince of astronomers , while he lived in his little black tent ...
... means of existence , and have turned the profits of their calling to their higher aim and work ; but that higher work itself was pure . Thus our own Kepler , first great prince of astronomers , while he lived in his little black tent ...
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... mean that men who cultivate scientific medicine should associate with men of quackish mind and instinct , or that it is bad for us to do as we usually do , scent out with uncommon sharpness , all such representatives of the rat and ...
... mean that men who cultivate scientific medicine should associate with men of quackish mind and instinct , or that it is bad for us to do as we usually do , scent out with uncommon sharpness , all such representatives of the rat and ...
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... mean an estimate , and to say , " Your servant , sir , " to the stupid who comes to him because he is considered the foun- tain head of knowledge on the kidney , the liver , the toe nail , or the muscles and sinews as distinguished from ...
... mean an estimate , and to say , " Your servant , sir , " to the stupid who comes to him because he is considered the foun- tain head of knowledge on the kidney , the liver , the toe nail , or the muscles and sinews as distinguished from ...
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... mean these opposite effects of the same force ? How does the force bind one thing and loosen the other ? Why in the organs of active locomotion have we only matter that is put into contraction by force , while in the nerve tissue we ...
... mean these opposite effects of the same force ? How does the force bind one thing and loosen the other ? Why in the organs of active locomotion have we only matter that is put into contraction by force , while in the nerve tissue we ...
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