Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in April, May, & June 1861, Volume 1 |
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... speak of the origin of roots , I had quoted the opinion of the late Pro- fessor Heyse of Berlin , but I never meant to convey the impression that I adopted that opinion . I look upon it as a mere illustration , and nothing more , and I ...
... speak of the origin of roots , I had quoted the opinion of the late Pro- fessor Heyse of Berlin , but I never meant to convey the impression that I adopted that opinion . I look upon it as a mere illustration , and nothing more , and I ...
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... speak somewhat feelingly on the necessity that every science should answer some practical purpose , because I am aware that the science of language has but little to offer to the utilitarian spirit of our age . It does not profess to ...
... speak somewhat feelingly on the necessity that every science should answer some practical purpose , because I am aware that the science of language has but little to offer to the utilitarian spirit of our age . It does not profess to ...
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... speak of the science of plants , or botany . We have entered into altogether a new sphere of knowledge where the individual is subject to the general , fact to law ; we discover thought , order , and purpose pervading the whole realm of ...
... speak of the science of plants , or botany . We have entered into altogether a new sphere of knowledge where the individual is subject to the general , fact to law ; we discover thought , order , and purpose pervading the whole realm of ...
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... the words of Copernicus , it is quite possible that without that guess we should never have heard of the Copernican system . Truth is not found by addition and multiplication only . When speaking of Kepler 20 THEORETICAL STAGE .
... the words of Copernicus , it is quite possible that without that guess we should never have heard of the Copernican system . Truth is not found by addition and multiplication only . When speaking of Kepler 20 THEORETICAL STAGE .
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... speaking of Kepler , whose method of reasoning has been considered as unsafe and fantastic by his contem- poraries as well as by later astronomers , Sir David Brewster remarks very truly , that , as an instru- ment of research , the ...
... speaking of Kepler , whose method of reasoning has been considered as unsafe and fantastic by his contem- poraries as well as by later astronomers , Sir David Brewster remarks very truly , that , as an instru- ment of research , the ...
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Page 28 - And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.