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However humiliating it may sound , every one of our sciences , however grand
their present titles , can be traced back to the most humble and homely
occupations of half - savage beterkerlpeneer tribes . It was not the true , the good
, and the ...
However humiliating it may sound , every one of our sciences , however grand
their present titles , can be traced back to the most humble and homely
occupations of half - savage beterkerlpeneer tribes . It was not the true , the good
, and the ...
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... and of the practical requirements which it was originally intended to A science ,
as Bacon says , should be a rich storehouse for the glory of God , and the relief of
man's estate . Now , although it may seem as if in the present high state ...
... and of the practical requirements which it was originally intended to A science ,
as Bacon says , should be a rich storehouse for the glory of God , and the relief of
man's estate . Now , although it may seem as if in the present high state ...
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The invention of printing gave the death - blow to the art of ornamental writing
and of miniature - painting employed in the illumination of manuscripts ; and the
best artists of the present day despair of rivalling the minuteness , soft- ness , and
...
The invention of printing gave the death - blow to the art of ornamental writing
and of miniature - painting employed in the illumination of manuscripts ; and the
best artists of the present day despair of rivalling the minuteness , soft- ness , and
...
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... which can never be removed , it would seem to possess at the present moment
peculiar claims on the attention of all who , while watching with sincere
admiration the progress of comparative physiology , yet consider it their duty to
enter their ...
... which can never be removed , it would seem to possess at the present moment
peculiar claims on the attention of all who , while watching with sincere
admiration the progress of comparative physiology , yet consider it their duty to
enter their ...
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Wiile fully , adniitting that if this theory were true , the science of language would
not come within the pale of the physical sciences , I must content myself for the
present with pointing out that no one has yet explained how , without language ,
a ...
Wiile fully , adniitting that if this theory were true , the science of language would
not come within the pale of the physical sciences , I must content myself for the
present with pointing out that no one has yet explained how , without language ,
a ...
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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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