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... follow the steps of the man of science , not only in those general and indirect effects , but he will be at his side , carrying sensation into the midst of the objects of science itself . The remotest discoveries of the Chemist , the ...
... follow the steps of the man of science , not only in those general and indirect effects , but he will be at his side , carrying sensation into the midst of the objects of science itself . The remotest discoveries of the Chemist , the ...
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... follow Donne have each the inherited metaphysic , if one may so call it , of the Church to which he is attached , Catholic or Anglican . But none of the poets has for his main theme a metaphysic like that of Epicurus or St. Thomas ...
... follow Donne have each the inherited metaphysic , if one may so call it , of the Church to which he is attached , Catholic or Anglican . But none of the poets has for his main theme a metaphysic like that of Epicurus or St. Thomas ...
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... follow , and reason , not the scientific reason which has thought out the matter and attained conviction , but reason in the sense of what the society in which a man lives deems reasonable . Paul is a romantic Christian because he ...
... follow , and reason , not the scientific reason which has thought out the matter and attained conviction , but reason in the sense of what the society in which a man lives deems reasonable . Paul is a romantic Christian because he ...
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