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... practical life ; and that , in this respect , if in no other , the movement symbolized by the progress of the Royal Society stands without a parallel in the history of mankind . A series of volumes as bulky as the Transactions of the ...
... practical life ; and that , in this respect , if in no other , the movement symbolized by the progress of the Royal Society stands without a parallel in the history of mankind . A series of volumes as bulky as the Transactions of the ...
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... practical benefits on men , but , in so doing , has effected a revolution in their conceptions of the universe and of themselves , and has profoundly altered their modes of thinking and their views of right and wrong . I say that ...
... practical benefits on men , but , in so doing , has effected a revolution in their conceptions of the universe and of themselves , and has profoundly altered their modes of thinking and their views of right and wrong . I say that ...
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... practical , than the attempt to keep the axle of a wheel from heating when the wheel turns round very fast ? How useful for carters and gig drivers to know something about this ; and how good were it , if any ingenious person would find ...
... practical , than the attempt to keep the axle of a wheel from heating when the wheel turns round very fast ? How useful for carters and gig drivers to know something about this ; and how good were it , if any ingenious person would find ...
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... practical eternity ; they are familiar with the conception that our earth is but an infinitesimal fragment of that part of the universe which can be seen ; and that , nevertheless , its duration is , as compared with our standards of ...
... practical eternity ; they are familiar with the conception that our earth is but an infinitesimal fragment of that part of the universe which can be seen ; and that , nevertheless , its duration is , as compared with our standards of ...
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... practical results of the improvement of natural knowledge , and its beneficial influence on material civili- zation , it must , I think , be admitted that the great ideas , some of which I have indicated , and the ethical spirit which I ...
... practical results of the improvement of natural knowledge , and its beneficial influence on material civili- zation , it must , I think , be admitted that the great ideas , some of which I have indicated , and the ethical spirit which I ...
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الصفحة 32 - The chessboard is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, just, and patient. But also we know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance.
الصفحة 35 - Morte D'Arthur. — SIR THOMAS MALORY'S BOOK OF KING ARTHUR AND OF HIS NOBLE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. The Edition of CAXTON, revised for Modern Use. With an Introduction by SIR EDWARD STRACHEY Bart. Globe 8vo. y. 6d. New Edion. "It is with the most perfect confidence that we recommend this edition of the old romance to every class of readers.
الصفحة 12 - As when in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful, when all the winds are laid, And every height comes out, and jutting peak And valley, and the immeasurable heavens Break open to their highest, and all the stars Shine, and the Shepherd gladdens in his heart...
الصفحة 28 - Shelley's definition of Poetry as the record of the best and happiest moments of the best and happiest minds.
الصفحة 36 - Worthy — and higher praise it needs not — of the beautiful ' Globe Series' The work is edited with all the care so noble a poet deserves.'"— DAILY NEWS. Sir Walter Scott's Poetical Works. Edited with a Biographical and Critical Memoir by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE, and copious Notes, pp. xliii., 559" We can almost sympathise with a middle-aged grumbler, who, after reading Mr.
الصفحة 34 - That man, I think, has had a liberal education, who has been so trained in youth that his body is the ready servant of his will, and does with ease and pleasure all the work that, as a mechanism, it is capable of...
الصفحة 38 - THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF THE BEST SONGS AND LYRICAL POEMS IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE.
الصفحة 30 - LIFE'S A DREAM : The Great Theatre of the World. With an Essay on his Life and Genius. Fcap. 8vo. 4^. fid. HOUSEHOLD BOOK OF ENGLISH POETRY. Selected and arranged, with Notes, by Archbishop TRENCH. Second Edition. Extra fcap. 8vo. 5*. 6d. This volume is called a
الصفحة 146 - In itself it is of little moment whether we express the phenomena of matter in terms of spirit, or the phenomena of spirit in terms of matter; matter may be regarded as a form of thought, thought may be regarded as a property of matter ; each statement has a certain relative truth. But with a view to the progress of science the materialistic terminology is in every way to be preferred...
الصفحة 249 - Mathematics may be compared to a mill of exquisite workmanship, which grinds you stuff of any degree of fineness ; but, nevertheless, what you get out depends on what you put in ; and as the grandest mill in the world will not extract wheat-flour from peascods, so pages of formulae will not get a definite result out of loose data.