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It is from the seed only you can expect, with the aid of proper culture, to produce
new varieties, and even to make improvements on the species. “Expert men,”
says Lord Bacon, “can execute and “judge of particulars, one by one ; but the ...
It is from the seed only you can expect, with the aid of proper culture, to produce
new varieties, and even to make improvements on the species. “Expert men,”
says Lord Bacon, “can execute and “judge of particulars, one by one ; but the ...
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... and are not derived, like pure mathematics, from abstract and universal axioms
. But even in these, when we rise from the individual to the species, from the
species to the genus, and thence to the most extensive orders and classes, we
arrive ...
... and are not derived, like pure mathematics, from abstract and universal axioms
. But even in these, when we rise from the individual to the species, from the
species to the genus, and thence to the most extensive orders and classes, we
arrive ...
Page xv
species. The elegant arts, therefore, are doubtless to be considered as the
younger sisters. The progress of the former towards perfection is, however, much
slower than that of the latter. Indeed, with regard to the first, it is impossible to say,
...
species. The elegant arts, therefore, are doubtless to be considered as the
younger sisters. The progress of the former towards perfection is, however, much
slower than that of the latter. Indeed, with regard to the first, it is impossible to say,
...
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This particularity in form, to adopt an expression of the naturalists, constitutes
only a variety, and not a different species. Now though a considerable proficiency
in the practice of theoratorical artmaybe easilyandalmost naturally attained, by
one ...
This particularity in form, to adopt an expression of the naturalists, constitutes
only a variety, and not a different species. Now though a considerable proficiency
in the practice of theoratorical artmaybe easilyandalmost naturally attained, by
one ...
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IN general it may be asserted, that each preceding species, in the order above
exhibited, is preparatory to the subsequent; that each subsequent species is
founded on the preceding; and that thus they ascend in a regular progression.
IN general it may be asserted, that each preceding species, in the order above
exhibited, is preparatory to the subsequent; that each subsequent species is
founded on the preceding; and that thus they ascend in a regular progression.
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| Title | The Philosophy of Rhetoric, Volume 1 The Philosophy of Rhetoric, George Campbell |
| Author | George Campbell |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | A. Strahan, T. Cadell, 1801 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 30 May 2007 |
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