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... fact of likeness . Thus the water in which he is bathed , the milk he drinks , the ink he is forbidden to touch , must seem to him in some respects like each other , and different from the chairs and tables and toys of his nursery ...
... fact of likeness . Thus the water in which he is bathed , the milk he drinks , the ink he is forbidden to touch , must seem to him in some respects like each other , and different from the chairs and tables and toys of his nursery ...
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... facts , which are called Laws of Nature ; and from our infancy we begin to learn these laws , and to shape our conduct according to them . These are the Laws with which we shall be occupied in the present work ; Laws not in the sense of ...
... facts , which are called Laws of Nature ; and from our infancy we begin to learn these laws , and to shape our conduct according to them . These are the Laws with which we shall be occupied in the present work ; Laws not in the sense of ...
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... facts . 28. We often require to find the length of the circum- ference of a circle when the length of the diameter is known ; and this we can do , though not with perfect ac- curacy , yet with sufficient exactness for any practical pur ...
... facts . 28. We often require to find the length of the circum- ference of a circle when the length of the diameter is known ; and this we can do , though not with perfect ac- curacy , yet with sufficient exactness for any practical pur ...
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... take their rise from the fact that there is more than one kind of substance in nature . Had there been only one kind , what is called Chemistry would have been absorbed in Natural Philosophy . But there VARIOUS BRANCHES OF KNOWLEDGE . 13.
... take their rise from the fact that there is more than one kind of substance in nature . Had there been only one kind , what is called Chemistry would have been absorbed in Natural Philosophy . But there VARIOUS BRANCHES OF KNOWLEDGE . 13.
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... facts into view . The reader will probably not fully comprehend at first all that this Chapter contains , but he can hardly fail to obtain from it some general notions which will be of assistance to him as he proceeds through the rest ...
... facts into view . The reader will probably not fully comprehend at first all that this Chapter contains , but he can hardly fail to obtain from it some general notions which will be of assistance to him as he proceeds through the rest ...
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