The Pursuit of Knowledge Under Difficulties: Illustrated by Anecdotes, Volume 1Wm. Crosby and H.P. Nichols, 1840 |
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... tion is thus most aptly blended with biographical facts . The labor , if such it may be called , of the editor , in preparing this edition for the press , has been so trivial as scarcely to deserve to be mentioned . In reading the work ...
... tion is thus most aptly blended with biographical facts . The labor , if such it may be called , of the editor , in preparing this edition for the press , has been so trivial as scarcely to deserve to be mentioned . In reading the work ...
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... tion , 11 American Editor's NOTE . Observation and General- ization , 26 CHAPTER II . Strength of the Passion for Knowledge : -Pythago- ras ; Archimedes ; Leibnitz ; Galileo ; Heyne , CHAPTER III . 27 Humble Station no Obstacle : -Æsop ...
... tion , 11 American Editor's NOTE . Observation and General- ization , 26 CHAPTER II . Strength of the Passion for Knowledge : -Pythago- ras ; Archimedes ; Leibnitz ; Galileo ; Heyne , CHAPTER III . 27 Humble Station no Obstacle : -Æsop ...
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... the seashore ; " - probably meaning , by that allusion , not only to express his modest conviction how mere an out- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Newton; Galileo; Torricelli; Pas- cal; Prince Rupert; Montgolfier Self-educa- tion,
... the seashore ; " - probably meaning , by that allusion , not only to express his modest conviction how mere an out- CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Newton; Galileo; Torricelli; Pas- cal; Prince Rupert; Montgolfier Self-educa- tion,
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... tion of the facts and phenomena of his subject . This was merely another form of that teachableness which con- stituted the character of the man . He loved Truth , and wooed her with the unwearying ardor of a lover . Other speculators ...
... tion of the facts and phenomena of his subject . This was merely another form of that teachableness which con- stituted the character of the man . He loved Truth , and wooed her with the unwearying ardor of a lover . Other speculators ...
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... tion , which are known to have , about this time , engaged much of his attention ; and the little incident which in- terrupted him , was instantly seized upon , by his eager spirit , and , by that power which is in genius , assimilated ...
... tion , which are known to have , about this time , engaged much of his attention ; and the little incident which in- terrupted him , was instantly seized upon , by his eager spirit , and , by that power which is in genius , assimilated ...
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