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If it be the gift of God , it is God's greatest gift ; for through it God spake to man and
man speaks to God in worship , prayer , and meditation . Although the way which
is before us may be long and tedious , the point to which it tends would seem ...
If it be the gift of God , it is God's greatest gift ; for through it God spake to man and
man speaks to God in worship , prayer , and meditation . Although the way which
is before us may be long and tedious , the point to which it tends would seem ...
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The astronomer retains these and many other names ; he still speaks of the pole
of heaven , of wandering and fixed stars , but he is apt i See Curtius , Griechische
Etymologie , s . 297 . 2 Ideler , Handbuch der Chronologie , b . i . s . 241 , 242 .
The astronomer retains these and many other names ; he still speaks of the pole
of heaven , of wandering and fixed stars , but he is apt i See Curtius , Griechische
Etymologie , s . 297 . 2 Ideler , Handbuch der Chronologie , b . i . s . 241 , 242 .
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... despair of rivalling the minuteness , soft- ness , and brilliancy combined by the
humble manufacturer of the mediæval missal . I speak somewhat feelingly on the
necessity that every science should answer some practical purpose , because I ...
... despair of rivalling the minuteness , soft- ness , and brilliancy combined by the
humble manufacturer of the mediæval missal . I speak somewhat feelingly on the
necessity that every science should answer some practical purpose , because I ...
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... we then speak of the science of plants , or botany . We have entered into
altogether a new sphere of knowledge where the individual is subject to the
general , fact to law ; we discover thought , order , and purpose pervading the
whole realm ...
... we then speak of the science of plants , or botany . We have entered into
altogether a new sphere of knowledge where the individual is subject to the
general , fact to law ; we discover thought , order , and purpose pervading the
whole realm ...
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When speaking of Kepler , whose method of reasoning has been considered as
unsafe and fantastic by his contemporaries as well as by later astronomers , Sir
David Brewster remarks very truly , “ that , as an instrument of research ...
When speaking of Kepler , whose method of reasoning has been considered as
unsafe and fantastic by his contemporaries as well as by later astronomers , Sir
David Brewster remarks very truly , “ that , as an instrument of research ...
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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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