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... critical character , did not exercise dominating influence . But , after they had gone out from the artificially restricted academic sphere and had battled with the world for a time , those who had heard him were quick to acknowledge ...
... critical character , did not exercise dominating influence . But , after they had gone out from the artificially restricted academic sphere and had battled with the world for a time , those who had heard him were quick to acknowledge ...
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... critical period of passage from old to new . They would have been wisely exercised in support of a favourite thesis — the importance of the philosophical department as an instru- ment for general PROF . VEITCH'S POSITION IN PHILOSOPHY . XV.
... critical period of passage from old to new . They would have been wisely exercised in support of a favourite thesis — the importance of the philosophical department as an instru- ment for general PROF . VEITCH'S POSITION IN PHILOSOPHY . XV.
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... critical faculty predomi- nates . From the outset and till the last , Mr Veitch's mind was critical ; and there can be little question that this natural tendency was fostered and confirmed by the methods with which he be- came familiar ...
... critical faculty predomi- nates . From the outset and till the last , Mr Veitch's mind was critical ; and there can be little question that this natural tendency was fostered and confirmed by the methods with which he be- came familiar ...
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... partly natural , partly acquired , distaste . Thus his critical faculty found enough and to spare against which to " " direct itself . The positive teaching of the Scottish school PROF . VEITCH'S POSITION IN PHILOSOPHY . xxiii.
... partly natural , partly acquired , distaste . Thus his critical faculty found enough and to spare against which to " " direct itself . The positive teaching of the Scottish school PROF . VEITCH'S POSITION IN PHILOSOPHY . xxiii.
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... critical attitude has its own dangers . As the record of history attests , these are apt most to abound when the upholders of an older order attack those who are swayed by lately born ideas . In particular , a seeming want of sympathy ...
... critical attitude has its own dangers . As the record of history attests , these are apt most to abound when the upholders of an older order attack those who are swayed by lately born ideas . In particular , a seeming want of sympathy ...
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