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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... certain uniformity in the history of most tribe resea Stone " wand The of h which impr plane found tions geom meas the the ་ a pla The tolog sciences . If we read such works as Whewell's His- 14 HISTORY OF THE INDUCTIVE SCIENCES .
... certain uniformity in the history of most tribe resea Stone " wand The of h which impr plane found tions geom meas the the ་ a pla The tolog sciences . If we read such works as Whewell's His- 14 HISTORY OF THE INDUCTIVE SCIENCES .
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... tribes . It was not the true , the good , and the beau- tiful which spurred the early philosophers to deep researches and bold discoveries . The foundation- stone of the most glorious structures of human inge- nuity in ages to come was ...
... tribes . It was not the true , the good , and the beau- tiful which spurred the early philosophers to deep researches and bold discoveries . The foundation- stone of the most glorious structures of human inge- nuity in ages to come was ...
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... tribes and families of plants were invisible from his point of view . But in spite of this , his work was not in vain . The fact that plants in every part of the world belonged to one great system was established once for all ; and even ...
... tribes and families of plants were invisible from his point of view . But in spite of this , his work was not in vain . The fact that plants in every part of the world belonged to one great system was established once for all ; and even ...
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... tribes , the clicks of the Hottentots , and the vocal modulations of the Indo - Chinese are as important , nay , for the so- lution of some of our problems , more important , than the poetry of Homer , or the prose of Cicero . We do not ...
... tribes , the clicks of the Hottentots , and the vocal modulations of the Indo - Chinese are as important , nay , for the so- lution of some of our problems , more important , than the poetry of Homer , or the prose of Cicero . We do not ...
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... tribes , although , in the absence of a written literature , it is extremely difficult to obtain trustworthy information . But in the few instances where careful observations have been made on this interesting subject , it has been ...
... tribes , although , in the absence of a written literature , it is extremely difficult to obtain trustworthy information . But in the few instances where careful observations have been made on this interesting subject , it has been ...
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