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... notice with feelings akin to timidity : they are apt to view with too much self - complacency the literary edifice , as it grows up into fair proportions beneath their daily superintendence ; they dread the shock of hostile criticism ...
... notice with feelings akin to timidity : they are apt to view with too much self - complacency the literary edifice , as it grows up into fair proportions beneath their daily superintendence ; they dread the shock of hostile criticism ...
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... the brain is an organ of complex arrangement , adapted for the transmission of the fiats of this power which we call mind . We notice that certain portions of its struc- ture appear to be set apart for the regulation of C 2 19 ...
... the brain is an organ of complex arrangement , adapted for the transmission of the fiats of this power which we call mind . We notice that certain portions of its struc- ture appear to be set apart for the regulation of C 2 19 ...
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... notice then the faulty operation of the mind , sometimes as the companion of a dis- eased state of the brain ; oftentimes we are unable to trace any connexion ; so that , as in other organs of the body , we recognise in the brain those ...
... notice then the faulty operation of the mind , sometimes as the companion of a dis- eased state of the brain ; oftentimes we are unable to trace any connexion ; so that , as in other organs of the body , we recognise in the brain those ...
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... notice , amongst which we observe individuals possessing high intelligence and sound judgment ; and the knowledge of this fact has operated in causing many authorities to reject the idea of eccentricity being any evidence of mental ...
... notice , amongst which we observe individuals possessing high intelligence and sound judgment ; and the knowledge of this fact has operated in causing many authorities to reject the idea of eccentricity being any evidence of mental ...
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... was therefore ruled by the judge , that eccentricity only was proved , and that the will was valid . In civil acts we thus notice that the class of eccentrics is held to possess not only a capacity for controlling the 48 UNSOUND MIND AS A.
... was therefore ruled by the judge , that eccentricity only was proved , and that the will was valid . In civil acts we thus notice that the class of eccentrics is held to possess not only a capacity for controlling the 48 UNSOUND MIND AS A.
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