Lectures on the Science of Language Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in April, May, and June, 1861Scribner, Armstrong, 1874 - 4 pages |
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... tion which she reserved for man alone . If it be a work of human art , it would seem to lift the human artist almost to the level of a divine creator . If it be the gift of God , it is God's greatest gift ; for through it God spake to ...
... tion which she reserved for man alone . If it be a work of human art , it would seem to lift the human artist almost to the level of a divine creator . If it be the gift of God , it is God's greatest gift ; for through it God spake to ...
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... tion of numerous bodies , when he has given names to each organ , and discovered the distinctive functions of each , he is led to perceive similarity where at first he saw dissimilarity only . He discovers in the lower ani- mals ...
... tion of numerous bodies , when he has given names to each organ , and discovered the distinctive functions of each , he is led to perceive similarity where at first he saw dissimilarity only . He discovers in the lower ani- mals ...
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... tion , into regions not accessible to the mere collector . In this attempt the mind of man no doubt has fre- quently met with the fate of Phaeton ; but , undis- mayed by failure , he asks again and again for his father's steeds . It has ...
... tion , into regions not accessible to the mere collector . In this attempt the mind of man no doubt has fre- quently met with the fate of Phaeton ; but , undis- mayed by failure , he asks again and again for his father's steeds . It has ...
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... tion and multiplication only . When speaking of Kep- ler , 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 ...
... tion and multiplication only . When speaking of Kep- ler , 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 ...
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... tion of subjects much less comprehensive . Though much of what we might call the realm of language is lost to us forever , though whole periods in the history of language are by necessity withdrawn from our observation , yet the mass of ...
... tion of subjects much less comprehensive . Though much of what we might call the realm of language is lost to us forever , though whole periods in the history of language are by necessity withdrawn from our observation , yet the mass of ...
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