The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1840 |
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... successful in enlarging the boundaries of human knowledge , he frequently steps aside to explain , with great clearness and simplicity , the most important facts in the history of that science , to which the individual under review had ...
... successful in enlarging the boundaries of human knowledge , he frequently steps aside to explain , with great clearness and simplicity , the most important facts in the history of that science , to which the individual under review had ...
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... success . Sir ISAAC NEWTON , of all men that ever lived , is the one who has most extended the territory of human knowledge ; and he used to speak of himself as having been all his life but " a child gathering pebbles on the seashore ...
... success . Sir ISAAC NEWTON , of all men that ever lived , is the one who has most extended the territory of human knowledge ; and he used to speak of himself as having been all his life but " a child gathering pebbles on the seashore ...
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... successful adventure , and to follow daring am- bition in its career to greatness , it cannot but be interest- ing to contemplate the exploits of some of the most enter- prising spirits of our race , -the adventurers , namely , the ...
... successful adventure , and to follow daring am- bition in its career to greatness , it cannot but be interest- ing to contemplate the exploits of some of the most enter- prising spirits of our race , -the adventurers , namely , the ...
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... successful study without its moments , too , of as keen and overpowering emotion , as any other species of human enjoyment is capable of yielding . We have already seen how Newton was affected on approach- ing the completion of his ...
... successful study without its moments , too , of as keen and overpowering emotion , as any other species of human enjoyment is capable of yielding . We have already seen how Newton was affected on approach- ing the completion of his ...
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... success and growing reputation had probably , even before this time , awakened something of ambition in the other , with a wish to escape from the obscure fortune to which he seemed destined . John now wrote to his brother , offering ...
... success and growing reputation had probably , even before this time , awakened something of ambition in the other , with a wish to escape from the obscure fortune to which he seemed destined . John now wrote to his brother , offering ...
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