The Works of Thomas Chalmers, Volume 3R. Carter, 1841 |
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Page 37
... appearances of its truth , the seeming honesty of the witness , the whole turn and style of his relation , the internal and circumstantial evidence which it possesses - all these may have made their impression and their just impression ...
... appearances of its truth , the seeming honesty of the witness , the whole turn and style of his relation , the internal and circumstantial evidence which it possesses - all these may have made their impression and their just impression ...
Page 38
... appearance of intuition to what was in fact the result of a train of reasoning so rapid as to escape notice . This I conceive to be the true theory of what is gene- rally called common sense , in opposition to book - learning ; and it ...
... appearance of intuition to what was in fact the result of a train of reasoning so rapid as to escape notice . This I conceive to be the true theory of what is gene- rally called common sense , in opposition to book - learning ; and it ...
Page 52
... appearances which we daily see committed by those domesticated animals , with whose instincts and habits we have an opportunity of becoming intimately acquainted . As an instance of this , it is sufficient to mention the terror which à ...
... appearances which we daily see committed by those domesticated animals , with whose instincts and habits we have an opportunity of becoming intimately acquainted . As an instance of this , it is sufficient to mention the terror which à ...
Page 58
... appearance . It is obvious that this persuasion would become stronger with every new repetition of the phenomenon ... appearances in question . There might be nothing at least in the ostensible antecedents to indicate the causal or real ...
... appearance . It is obvious that this persuasion would become stronger with every new repetition of the phenomenon ... appearances in question . There might be nothing at least in the ostensible antecedents to indicate the causal or real ...
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... appearance of truth without its reality . But we cannot allow it of all testimony . We affirm that a testimony is conceivable - nay , that a testimony has often been given , having such marks and characteristics of truth accumulated ...
... appearance of truth without its reality . But we cannot allow it of all testimony . We affirm that a testimony is conceivable - nay , that a testimony has often been given , having such marks and characteristics of truth accumulated ...
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