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... from my imperfect knowledge of the language would be more than balanced by
the forbearance of an English audience , and I had such perfect faith in my
subject that I thought it might be trusted even in the hands of a less skilful
expositor .
... from my imperfect knowledge of the language would be more than balanced by
the forbearance of an English audience , and I had such perfect faith in my
subject that I thought it might be trusted even in the hands of a less skilful
expositor .
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Language has been called sacred ground , because it is the deposit of thought .
We cannot tell as yet what language is . It may be a production of nature , a work
of human art , or a divine gift . But to whatever sphere it belongs , it would seem ...
Language has been called sacred ground , because it is the deposit of thought .
We cannot tell as yet what language is . It may be a production of nature , a work
of human art , or a divine gift . But to whatever sphere it belongs , it would seem ...
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... 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 , unless they were in some way
subservient ...
... 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 , unless they were in some way
subservient ...
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Lyell collects and arranges , a Faraday weighs and analyzes , an Owen dissects
and compares , a Herschel observes and calculates , without any thought of the
immediate marketable results of their labors . But there is a general interest which
...
Lyell collects and arranges , a Faraday weighs and analyzes , an Owen dissects
and compares , a Herschel observes and calculates , without any thought of the
immediate marketable results of their labors . But there is a general interest which
...
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It has absorbed the thoughts of men who , after a long life spent in collecting ,
observing , and analyzing , have brought to ... who reduce all thought to feeling ,
and maintain that we share the faculties which are the productive causes of
thought ...
It has absorbed the thoughts of men who , after a long life spent in collecting ,
observing , and analyzing , have brought to ... who reduce all thought to feeling ,
and maintain that we share the faculties which are the productive causes of
thought ...
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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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