... by stronger reasonings, when produced. Positions that depend upon science, upon knowledge, and matters of fact, may be overturned according as science and knowledge are enlarged, and new matters of fact are brought to light. For this reason, a system... Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres - Page 152by Hugh Blair - 1802Full view - About this book
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