Lectures on the Science of Language: Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in ... 1861 [and 1863], Volume 1C. Scribner, 1869 |
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... discovery of gold , it enjoyed a liberal support at the courts of princes , and under the roofs of monasteries . Though alchemy did not lead to the discovery of gold , it prepared the way to discoveries more valuable . The same with ...
... discovery of gold , it enjoyed a liberal support at the courts of princes , and under the roofs of monasteries . Though alchemy did not lead to the discovery of gold , it prepared the way to discoveries more valuable . The same with ...
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... sensation . These faculties , the productive causes of thought , we have in common with be sts . Everything is reducible to feel- ing . " - Helvetius . ..... animal has been discovered in the possession of lan- guage EMPIRICAL STAGE . 23.
... sensation . These faculties , the productive causes of thought , we have in common with be sts . Everything is reducible to feel- ing . " - Helvetius . ..... animal has been discovered in the possession of lan- guage EMPIRICAL STAGE . 23.
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... discovered in the possession of lan- guage , " not even the beaver , who of all the animals we know , that are not , like the orang - outangs , of our own species , comes nearest to us in sagacity . " Locke , who is generally classed ...
... discovered in the possession of lan- guage , " not even the beaver , who of all the animals we know , that are not , like the orang - outangs , of our own species , comes nearest to us in sagacity . " Locke , who is generally classed ...
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... discovery is made by means of comparison and classification . We cease to study each flower for its own sake ; and by continually enlarging the sphere of our observation , we try to discover what is common to many and offers those ...
... discovery is made by means of comparison and classification . We cease to study each flower for its own sake ; and by continually enlarging the sphere of our observation , we try to discover what is common to many and offers those ...
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... discovering the broad outlines of nature's plan . Yet every system , however insufficient it may prove hereafter , is a step in advance . If the mind of man is once impressed with the ... discovered determin- ing 26 CLASSIFICATORY STAGE .
... discovering the broad outlines of nature's plan . Yet every system , however insufficient it may prove hereafter , is a step in advance . If the mind of man is once impressed with the ... discovered determin- ing 26 CLASSIFICATORY STAGE .
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