The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, Band 1Sumner and Goodman, 1849 |
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... powers seem either to have lain in a great mea- sure dormant , or , when roused into action , to have been employed chiefly in malignant and destructive operations , Hence the events which the page of history records chiefly pre- sent ...
... powers seem either to have lain in a great mea- sure dormant , or , when roused into action , to have been employed chiefly in malignant and destructive operations , Hence the events which the page of history records chiefly pre- sent ...
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... powers capable of inves- tigating the laws of nature , -of determining the arrangement , the motions , and magnitudes of distant worlds , -of weighing the masses of the planets , of penetrating into the distant regions of the universe ...
... powers capable of inves- tigating the laws of nature , -of determining the arrangement , the motions , and magnitudes of distant worlds , -of weighing the masses of the planets , of penetrating into the distant regions of the universe ...
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... powers . That the general diffusion of knowledge among all ranks is an object much to be desired , will not , I presume , be called in question by any one who regards the intellectual powers of man as the noblest part of his nature ...
... powers . That the general diffusion of knowledge among all ranks is an object much to be desired , will not , I presume , be called in question by any one who regards the intellectual powers of man as the noblest part of his nature ...
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... powers either of vision or of intellect in Galileo , who first brought these facts to view , however superior the faculties he ac- tually possessed . It only required , that he had a previous knowledge of the existence of these ...
... powers either of vision or of intellect in Galileo , who first brought these facts to view , however superior the faculties he ac- tually possessed . It only required , that he had a previous knowledge of the existence of these ...
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... powers of intellect , as persons in the highest ranks of society . The grand scene of the universe is equally oper to peasants and mechanics , as to princes and legislators ; and they have the same opportu- nities of making observations ...
... powers of intellect , as persons in the highest ranks of society . The grand scene of the universe is equally oper to peasants and mechanics , as to princes and legislators ; and they have the same opportu- nities of making observations ...
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