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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... mind , not real things walking about in broad daylight . In modern times the science of language has been called in to settle some of the most perplexing political and social questions . “ Nations and languages against dynasties and ...
... mind , not real things walking about in broad daylight . In modern times the science of language has been called in to settle some of the most perplexing political and social questions . “ Nations and languages against dynasties and ...
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... mind , and on the heart of man . Now , however much the frontiers of the animal kingdom have been pushed for- ward , so that at one time the line of demarcation be- tween animal and man seemed to depend on a mere fold in the brain ...
... mind , and on the heart of man . Now , however much the frontiers of the animal kingdom have been pushed for- ward , so that at one time the line of demarcation be- tween animal and man seemed to depend on a mere fold in the brain ...
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... mind discovers beneath the multiplicity of single productions the unity of an organic system . This discovery is made by means of comparison and classification . We cease to study each flower for its own sake ; and by continually ...
... mind discovers beneath the multiplicity of single productions the unity of an organic system . This discovery is made by means of comparison and classification . We cease to study each flower for its own sake ; and by continually ...
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... mind of man is once impressed with the conviction that there must be order and law every- where , it never rests again until all that seems irregular has been eliminated , until the full beauty and harmony of nature has been perceived ...
... mind of man is once impressed with the conviction that there must be order and law every- where , it never rests again until all that seems irregular has been eliminated , until the full beauty and harmony of nature has been perceived ...
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... mind of the Creator ; and whereas the material world was looked upon by ancient philosophers as a mere illusion , as an agglomerate of atoms , or as the work of an evil and interpret its pages as the power , and wisdom , and love ...
... mind of the Creator ; and whereas the material world was looked upon by ancient philosophers as a mere illusion , as an agglomerate of atoms , or as the work of an evil and interpret its pages as the power , and wisdom , and love ...
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