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... imagination of man than with his reason . " In spite of the strong condemnation
which Luther pronounced against astrology , 1 Bunsen's Egypt , vol . iv . p . 108 .
astrology continued to sway the destinies of Europe ; and EMPIRICAL STAGE .
... imagination of man than with his reason . " In spite of the strong condemnation
which Luther pronounced against astrology , 1 Bunsen's Egypt , vol . iv . p . 108 .
astrology continued to sway the destinies of Europe ; and EMPIRICAL STAGE .
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astrology continued to sway the destinies of Europe ; and a hundred years after
Luther , the astrologer was the counsellor of princes and generals , while the
founder of modern astronomy died in poverty and despair . In our time the very ...
astrology continued to sway the destinies of Europe ; and a hundred years after
Luther , the astrologer was the counsellor of princes and generals , while the
founder of modern astronomy died in poverty and despair . In our time the very ...
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... the map of Europe ; and in America comparative philologists have been
encouraged to prove the impossibility of a common origin of languages and
races , in order to justify , by scientific arguments , the unhallowed theory of
slavery .
... the map of Europe ; and in America comparative philologists have been
encouraged to prove the impossibility of a common origin of languages and
races , in order to justify , by scientific arguments , the unhallowed theory of
slavery .
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We use them as letters of introduction to the best society or to the best literature of
the leading nations of Europe . In comparative philology the case is totally
different . In the science of language , languages are not treated as a means ...
We use them as letters of introduction to the best society or to the best literature of
the leading nations of Europe . In comparative philology the case is totally
different . In the science of language , languages are not treated as a means ...
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... the Teutonic , and Slavonic languages , together likewise with the ancient
dialects of India and Persia , must have sprung from an earlier language , the
mother of the whole Indo - European or Aryan family of speech ; if we see how
Hebrew ...
... the Teutonic , and Slavonic languages , together likewise with the ancient
dialects of India and Persia , must have sprung from an earlier language , the
mother of the whole Indo - European or Aryan family of speech ; if we see how
Hebrew ...
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| Title | Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ...1861 [and 1863], Volume 1 Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain ...1861 [and 1863], Friedrich Max Müller |
| Author | Friedrich Max Müller |
| Publisher | C. Scribner, 1866 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 12 Nov 2009 |
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