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... properties of geometrical figures , or the rules of Algebra . Yet every school - boy is made to learn mathematical problems which he will never employ in after life , and is left in total ignorance of those simple principles and forms ...
... properties of geometrical figures , or the rules of Algebra . Yet every school - boy is made to learn mathematical problems which he will never employ in after life , and is left in total ignorance of those simple principles and forms ...
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... properties of geometrical figures , or the rules of Algebra . Yet every school - boy is made to learn mathematical problems which he will never employ in after life , and is left in total ignorance of those simple principles and forms ...
... properties of geometrical figures , or the rules of Algebra . Yet every school - boy is made to learn mathematical problems which he will never employ in after life , and is left in total ignorance of those simple principles and forms ...
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... properties common to them all without any of the differences of size , colour , or motion which distin- guish them . Every one allows in the present day how- ever that nothing can physically exist corresponding to a general notion ...
... properties common to them all without any of the differences of size , colour , or motion which distin- guish them . Every one allows in the present day how- ever that nothing can physically exist corresponding to a general notion ...
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... properties are common to all metals , or nearly all metals , and are what mark out and distinguish a metal from other substances . Hence they form in a certain way the meaning of the name metal , the meaning in intension , as it is ...
... properties are common to all metals , or nearly all metals , and are what mark out and distinguish a metal from other substances . Hence they form in a certain way the meaning of the name metal , the meaning in intension , as it is ...
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... properties of the materials , and the geometrical properties of the forms which may influence the working of the machine . But he is not expected to go on still further and explain why iron or wood of a particular quality is strong or ...
... properties of the materials , and the geometrical properties of the forms which may influence the working of the machine . But he is not expected to go on still further and explain why iron or wood of a particular quality is strong or ...
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