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Page 16
... own opinions by pulling down and demolishing former ones ; and yet all their stir has but little advanced the matter ; since their aim has been not to extend philosophy and the arts in substance and value , but 16 PREFACE .
... own opinions by pulling down and demolishing former ones ; and yet all their stir has but little advanced the matter ; since their aim has been not to extend philosophy and the arts in substance and value , but 16 PREFACE .
Page 18
... former ages when men sailed only by observation of the stars , they could indeed coast along the shores of the old continent or cross a few small and mediterranean seas ; but before the ocean could be traversed and the new world ...
... former ages when men sailed only by observation of the stars , they could indeed coast along the shores of the old continent or cross a few small and mediterranean seas ; but before the ocean could be traversed and the new world ...
Page 42
... former , either from hurry or from considerations of business or for want of mental power to take in and embrace the other ( which must needs be most men's case ) , I wish that they may succeed to their desire in what they are about ...
... former , either from hurry or from considerations of business or for want of mental power to take in and embrace the other ( which must needs be most men's case ) , I wish that they may succeed to their desire in what they are about ...
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... former ) which it takes in accordance with logical order . For the mind longs to spring up to positions of higher generality , that it may find rest there ; and so after a little while wearies of experiment . But this evil is increased ...
... former ) which it takes in accordance with logical order . For the mind longs to spring up to positions of higher generality , that it may find rest there ; and so after a little while wearies of experiment . But this evil is increased ...
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... former conclusions may remain inviolate . And therefore it was a good answer that was made by one who when they showed him hanging in a temple a picture of those who had paid their vows as having escaped shipwreck , and would have him ...
... former conclusions may remain inviolate . And therefore it was a good answer that was made by one who when they showed him hanging in a temple a picture of those who had paid their vows as having escaped shipwreck , and would have him ...
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