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... spirit and purpose . He patiently follows the development of Bacon's thought , interprets its special significance at every step , shows what a strict connexion there is between the parts , and what a large and vital unity it possesses ...
... spirit and purpose . He patiently follows the development of Bacon's thought , interprets its special significance at every step , shows what a strict connexion there is between the parts , and what a large and vital unity it possesses ...
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... spirit . For all those who before me have applied themselves to the invention of arts have but cast a glance or two ... spirits to give them oracles . I , on the contrary , dwelling purely and constantly among the facts of nature , with ...
... spirit . For all those who before me have applied themselves to the invention of arts have but cast a glance or two ... spirits to give them oracles . I , on the contrary , dwelling purely and constantly among the facts of nature , with ...
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... goodness to admit the human spirit for his playfellow at that game . Lastly , I would address one general admonition to all ; that they consider what are the true ends of knowledge , and that they seek it 20 PREFACE .
... goodness to admit the human spirit for his playfellow at that game . Lastly , I would address one general admonition to all ; that they consider what are the true ends of knowledge , and that they seek it 20 PREFACE .
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... spirit , and could find no rest therein . Wherefore if we labour in thy works with the sweat of our brows thou wilt make us partakers of thy vision and thy sabbath . Humbly we pray that this mind may be steadfast in us , and that ...
... spirit , and could find no rest therein . Wherefore if we labour in thy works with the sweat of our brows thou wilt make us partakers of thy vision and thy sabbath . Humbly we pray that this mind may be steadfast in us , and that ...
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... spirit of man ( according as it is meted out to dif- ferent individuals 1 ) is in fact a thing variable and full of per- turbation , and governed as it were by chance . Whence it was well observed by Heraclitus that men look for ...
... spirit of man ( according as it is meted out to dif- ferent individuals 1 ) is in fact a thing variable and full of per- turbation , and governed as it were by chance . Whence it was well observed by Heraclitus that men look for ...
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