How to Observe: Morals and MannersC. Knight and Company, 1838 - 238 էջ |
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... knowledge of Greek can be attained from this grammar than from any work extant , while the scholar will find it as a book of reference most invaluable . FROM THE NEW - YORK TIMES . ANTHON'S GREEK GRAMMAR . Harper & Brothers . As a ...
... knowledge of Greek can be attained from this grammar than from any work extant , while the scholar will find it as a book of reference most invaluable . FROM THE NEW - YORK TIMES . ANTHON'S GREEK GRAMMAR . Harper & Brothers . As a ...
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... knowledge and method are necessary to enable him to take what is actually before his eyes and under his hand . So it is with all who fish in a strange element for the truth which is living and moving there : the powers of ob- servation ...
... knowledge and method are necessary to enable him to take what is actually before his eyes and under his hand . So it is with all who fish in a strange element for the truth which is living and moving there : the powers of ob- servation ...
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... knowledge may be gained by the chymist who has an aim in his mind , and who conducts his experiment on some principle . In morals , the latter method is the only one which promises any useful results . In the workings of the social ...
... knowledge may be gained by the chymist who has an aim in his mind , and who conducts his experiment on some principle . In morals , the latter method is the only one which promises any useful results . In the workings of the social ...
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... knowledge . The two considerations just mentioned must be sub- ordinated to the grand one - the only general one - of the relative amount of human happiness . Every ele- ment of social life derives its importance from this great ...
... knowledge . The two considerations just mentioned must be sub- ordinated to the grand one - the only general one - of the relative amount of human happiness . Every ele- ment of social life derives its importance from this great ...
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... knowledge he wants . When he was a child , he was probably taught that eyes , ears , and understanding are all - sufficient to gain for him as much knowledge as he will have time to acquire ; but his self - education has been a poor one ...
... knowledge he wants . When he was a child , he was probably taught that eyes , ears , and understanding are all - sufficient to gain for him as much knowledge as he will have time to acquire ; but his self - education has been a poor one ...
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