The Complete Works of Thomas Dick, Band 1Sumner and Goodman, 1849 |
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... sult , that out of what is called a civilized nation of nearly ten millions , you will hardly find a thousand well - informed persons , and even among them what inequality with regard to genius ! If eight INTRODUCTION . 13.
... sult , that out of what is called a civilized nation of nearly ten millions , you will hardly find a thousand well - informed persons , and even among them what inequality with regard to genius ! If eight INTRODUCTION . 13.
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Thomas Dick. them what inequality with regard to genius ! If eight - tenths of the nation , toiling for their sub- sistence , never read - if ... regard to the internal causes of the ig- norance 14 ON THE GENERAL DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE .
Thomas Dick. them what inequality with regard to genius ! If eight - tenths of the nation , toiling for their sub- sistence , never read - if ... regard to the internal causes of the ig- norance 14 ON THE GENERAL DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE .
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... regard the great mass of the people merely as subjects of legislation , or as the tools of tyranny and ambition , and that , therefore , they must be held in the chains of ig- norance , lest they should aspire to the ranks of their ...
... regard the great mass of the people merely as subjects of legislation , or as the tools of tyranny and ambition , and that , therefore , they must be held in the chains of ig- norance , lest they should aspire to the ranks of their ...
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... regard with appre- hension and dread those operations of nature which are the result of regular and invariable laws . Under the influence of such timid emo- tions , the phenomena of nature , both in the heavens and on the earth , have ...
... regard with appre- hension and dread those operations of nature which are the result of regular and invariable laws . Under the influence of such timid emo- tions , the phenomena of nature , both in the heavens and on the earth , have ...
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... regard certain days as unlucky , or ominous of bad fortune . That day of the week on which the 31 of May falls , is deemed unlucky throughout the whole year . In the isle of Mull , ploughing , sowing , and reap- ing , are always begun ...
... regard certain days as unlucky , or ominous of bad fortune . That day of the week on which the 31 of May falls , is deemed unlucky throughout the whole year . In the isle of Mull , ploughing , sowing , and reap- ing , are always begun ...
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