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... investigation of the facts and laws of nature , or to the contemplation of the
mysteries of the world of thought , without any side - glance at the practical result
of their labors , no science and no art have long prospered and flourished among
us ...
... investigation of the facts and laws of nature , or to the contemplation of the
mysteries of the world of thought , without any side - glance at the practical result
of their labors , no science and no art have long prospered and flourished among
us ...
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An empirical acquaintance with facts rises to a scientific knowledge of facts as
soon as the mind 1 discovers beneath the multiplicity of single productions the
unity of an organic system . This discovery is made by means of comparison and
...
An empirical acquaintance with facts rises to a scientific knowledge of facts as
soon as the mind 1 discovers beneath the multiplicity of single productions the
unity of an organic system . This discovery is made by means of comparison and
...
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... which pervades all that grows and blossoms . Broad lines of demarcation
which unite or divide large 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 ...
... which pervades all that grows and blossoms . Broad lines of demarcation
which unite or divide large 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 ...
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... nature nothing interpolated o : without connection , as in a bad tragedy ; ” and
fron his time forward every new fact and ... that is to say , if we can grasp and hold
together single facts , connect isolated impressions , distinguish between what ...
... nature nothing interpolated o : without connection , as in a bad tragedy ; ” and
fron his time forward every new fact and ... that is to say , if we can grasp and hold
together single facts , connect isolated impressions , distinguish between what ...
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... of an evil principle , we now read and interpret its pages as the revelation of a
divine power , and wisdom , and love . This has given to the study of nature a
new character . After the observer has collected his facts , and after the classifier
has ...
... of an evil principle , we now read and interpret its pages as the revelation of a
divine power , and wisdom , and love . This has given to the study of nature a
new character . After the observer has collected his facts , and after the classifier
has ...
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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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