The pursuit of knowledge under difficulties [by G.L. Craik].C. Knight, 1834 |
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... success . Sir ISAAC NEWTON , of all men that ever lived , is the one who has most extended the territory of human know- ledge ; and he used to speak of himself as having B been all his life but " a child gathering pebbles CHAPTER I ...
... success . Sir ISAAC NEWTON , of all men that ever lived , is the one who has most extended the territory of human know- ledge ; and he used to speak of himself as having B been all his life but " a child gathering pebbles CHAPTER I ...
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... success- ful adventure , and to follow daring ambition in its career to greatness , it cannot but be interesting to contemplate the exploits of some of the most en- terprising spirits of our race , the adventurers , namely , of the ...
... success- ful adventure , and to follow daring ambition in its career to greatness , it cannot but be interesting to contemplate the exploits of some of the most en- terprising spirits of our race , the adventurers , namely , of the ...
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... successful study without its moments , too , of as keen and overpowering emotion , as any other species of human enjoyment is capable of yielding . We have already seen how Newton was affected on approach- ing the completion of his ...
... successful study without its moments , too , of as keen and overpowering emotion , as any other species of human enjoyment is capable of yielding . We have already seen how Newton was affected on approach- ing the completion of his ...
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... success and growing reputation had probably , even before this time , awakened something of ambition in the other , with a wish to escape from the obscure fortune to which he seemed destined . John now wrote to his brother , offering ...
... success and growing reputation had probably , even before this time , awakened something of ambition in the other , with a wish to escape from the obscure fortune to which he seemed destined . John now wrote to his brother , offering ...
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... success after this point . We may merely remark , that long before his death he had placed himself , by universal acknowledgment , at the head of living anatomists ; and was regarded , indeed , as having done more for surgery and ...
... success after this point . We may merely remark , that long before his death he had placed himself , by universal acknowledgment , at the head of living anatomists ; and was regarded , indeed , as having done more for surgery and ...
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