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... Whole and Parts 501 504 X. Of Principles , Causes and Effects 505 XL Of Subject and Adjunct 514 XIL Of Time , and Place and Ubiety 515 XIII . Of Agreement and Difference , of Sameness and the Doc- trine of Opposites 617 XIV . Of Number ...
... Whole and Parts 501 504 X. Of Principles , Causes and Effects 505 XL Of Subject and Adjunct 514 XIL Of Time , and Place and Ubiety 515 XIII . Of Agreement and Difference , of Sameness and the Doc- trine of Opposites 617 XIV . Of Number ...
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... whole book of Euclid , yet be no Geometrician ; for he may not be able perhaps to demonstrate one single theorem . Memorino has learnt half the Bible by heart , and is become a living con- cordance and a speaking index to theological ...
... whole book of Euclid , yet be no Geometrician ; for he may not be able perhaps to demonstrate one single theorem . Memorino has learnt half the Bible by heart , and is become a living con- cordance and a speaking index to theological ...
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... whole meaning , so that we are in much less danger of mis- taking his sense ; whereas in books , whatsoever is really obscure , may also abide always obscure without remedy , since the author is not at hand , that we may enquire his ...
... whole meaning , so that we are in much less danger of mis- taking his sense ; whereas in books , whatsoever is really obscure , may also abide always obscure without remedy , since the author is not at hand , that we may enquire his ...
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... whole pages of remark and reproach upon one real or fancied mistake of a great and good author : and this may be dressed up by the same talents , and made entertaining enough to the world , who love reproach and scandal : but if the ...
... whole pages of remark and reproach upon one real or fancied mistake of a great and good author : and this may be dressed up by the same talents , and made entertaining enough to the world , who love reproach and scandal : but if the ...
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... whole chapters together , you find him in the clouds of mystic divinity , and he never descends within the reach of common ideas or common sense . But remember this also , that there are but few such weak authors as this great man , who ...
... whole chapters together , you find him in the clouds of mystic divinity , and he never descends within the reach of common ideas or common sense . But remember this also , that there are but few such weak authors as this great man , who ...
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Page 7 - DEEPLY possess your mind with the vast importance of a good judgment, and the rich and inestimable advantage of right reasoning. Review the instances of your own misconduct in life; think seriously with yourselves how many follies and sorrows you had escaped, and how much guilt and misery you...
Page 143 - Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven.
Page 106 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 94 - If the mind apply itself at first to easier subjects and things near akin to what is already known, and then advance to the more remote and knotty parts of knowledge by slow degrees, it will be able in this manner to cope with great difficulties, and prevail over them with amazing and happy success.
Page 65 - He that answereth a matter before he heareth it it is folly and shame unto him.
Page 21 - ... maturity. 4. It is another advantage of reading, that we may review what we have read ; we may consult the page again and again, and meditate on it at successive seasons, in our serenest and retired hours, having the book always at hand...
Page 31 - General observations drawn from particulars are the jewels of knowledge, comprehending great store in a little room ; but they are therefore to be made with the greater care and caution, lest, if we take counterfeit for true, our loss and shame be the greater when our stock comes to a severe scrutiny.