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... mind of man and the nature of things , which is more precious than anything on earth , or at least than anything that is of the earth , might by any means be restored to its per- fect and original condition , or if that may not be , yet ...
... mind of man and the nature of things , which is more precious than anything on earth , or at least than anything that is of the earth , might by any means be restored to its per- fect and original condition , or if that may not be , yet ...
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... mind . For better it is to make a beginning of that which may lead to something , than to engage in a perpetual struggle and pursuit in courses which have no exit . And certainly the two ways of contem- plation are much like those two ...
... mind . For better it is to make a beginning of that which may lead to something , than to engage in a perpetual struggle and pursuit in courses which have no exit . And certainly the two ways of contem- plation are much like those two ...
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... mind . And to say truth , I am wont for my own part to regard this work as a child of time rather than of wit ; the only wonder being that the first notion of the thing , and such great suspicions concern- ing matters long established ...
... mind . And to say truth , I am wont for my own part to regard this work as a child of time rather than of wit ; the only wonder being that the first notion of the thing , and such great suspicions concern- ing matters long established ...
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... mind may exercise over the nature of things the authority which properly belongs to it . It seems to me that men do not rightly understand either their store or their strength , but overrate the one and underrate the other . Hence it ...
... mind may exercise over the nature of things the authority which properly belongs to it . It seems to me that men do not rightly understand either their store or their strength , but overrate the one and underrate the other . Hence it ...
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... mind both against the shocks and embattled ranks of opinion , and against my own private and inward hesitations and ... minds . I have not sought ( I say ) nor do I seek either to force or ensnare men's judgments , but I lead them to ...
... mind both against the shocks and embattled ranks of opinion , and against my own private and inward hesitations and ... minds . I have not sought ( I say ) nor do I seek either to force or ensnare men's judgments , but I lead them to ...
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