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Never do I remember to have seen science more degraded than on the title -
page of an American publication in which , among the profiles of the different
races of man , the profile of the ape was made to look more human than that of
the ...
Never do I remember to have seen science more degraded than on the title -
page of an American publication in which , among the profiles of the different
races of man , the profile of the ape was made to look more human than that of
the ...
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The jó torch of imagination is as necessary to him who looks for truth , as the
lamp of study . Kepler held both , and more than that , he had the star of faith to
guide him in all things from darkness to light . In the history of the physical
sciences ...
The jó torch of imagination is as necessary to him who looks for truth , as the
lamp of study . Kepler held both , and more than that , he had the star of faith to
guide him in all things from darkness to light . In the history of the physical
sciences ...
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In the history of the physical sciences , however , we look in vain for a place
assigned to comparative philology , and 1 Die Pflanze und ihr Leben , von M. T.
Schleiden . Leipzig , 1858 . Kanguage . ap.36.6 . its very name would seem to ...
In the history of the physical sciences , however , we look in vain for a place
assigned to comparative philology , and 1 Die Pflanze und ihr Leben , von M. T.
Schleiden . Leipzig , 1858 . Kanguage . ap.36.6 . its very name would seem to ...
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The first objection which was sure to be raised on the part of such sciences as
botany , geology , or physiology is this : — Language is the work of man ; it was
invented by man as a means of communicating his thoughts , when mere looks
and ...
The first objection which was sure to be raised on the part of such sciences as
botany , geology , or physiology is this : — Language is the work of man ; it was
invented by man as a means of communicating his thoughts , when mere looks
and ...
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But in order to explain how the principle of phonetic decay leads to the formation
of grammatical terminations , let us look to languages with which we are more
familiar . Let us take the French adverb . We are told by French grammarians 1
that ...
But in order to explain how the principle of phonetic decay leads to the formation
of grammatical terminations , let us look to languages with which we are more
familiar . Let us take the French adverb . We are told by French grammarians 1
that ...
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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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