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... look both towards the past and towards the future . It is our duty to take advantage of every available source of information , to set in full light every action which was really great and noble , and yet to look towards the future for ...
... look both towards the past and towards the future . It is our duty to take advantage of every available source of information , to set in full light every action which was really great and noble , and yet to look towards the future for ...
Page 56
... look backward as well as forward , and to look with reverence . These good offices may be rendered to both groups by the teaching of the history of science and of the history of civilization focused upon it , the noblest part of our ...
... look backward as well as forward , and to look with reverence . These good offices may be rendered to both groups by the teaching of the history of science and of the history of civilization focused upon it , the noblest part of our ...
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... look backward . It is a vicious circle : why should they look that way if there is nothing for them to see ? Their history of science does not even go as far back as the seventeenth century ; they are prone to believe that almost ...
... look backward . It is a vicious circle : why should they look that way if there is nothing for them to see ? Their history of science does not even go as far back as the seventeenth century ; they are prone to believe that almost ...
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