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... genius looks when we come nearer to it . Nothing very comfortable or pleasant , but rather a fearsome mystery . Our story should be focused upon that very mystery . Its value will de- pend upon our ability to evoke the genius every ...
... genius looks when we come nearer to it . Nothing very comfortable or pleasant , but rather a fearsome mystery . Our story should be focused upon that very mystery . Its value will de- pend upon our ability to evoke the genius every ...
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... genius of some of them . The evolutions leading to each of these fundamental discoveries were exceedingly slow- almost compara- ble to the biologic transitions from one type to an- other so slow that the people who took part in them ...
... genius of some of them . The evolutions leading to each of these fundamental discoveries were exceedingly slow- almost compara- ble to the biologic transitions from one type to an- other so slow that the people who took part in them ...
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... genius . In the second place , while that genius was creating what might be called ( in opposition to Egyp- tian science on one hand and to mediæval science on the other ) the beginning of modern science , another development , equally ...
... genius . In the second place , while that genius was creating what might be called ( in opposition to Egyp- tian science on one hand and to mediæval science on the other ) the beginning of modern science , another development , equally ...
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