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... LIVE .. 50 LECTURE IV . A DROP OF WATER ON ITS TRAVELS LECTURE V. THE TWO GREAT SCULPTORS - WATER AND ICE LECTURE VI . .. 73 99 THE VOICES OF NATURE , AND HOW WE HEAR THEM 124 LECTURE VII . THE LIFE OF A PRIMROSE PAGE 150.
... LIVE .. 50 LECTURE IV . A DROP OF WATER ON ITS TRAVELS LECTURE V. THE TWO GREAT SCULPTORS - WATER AND ICE LECTURE VI . .. 73 99 THE VOICES OF NATURE , AND HOW WE HEAR THEM 124 LECTURE VII . THE LIFE OF A PRIMROSE PAGE 150.
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... hear them and know them , and make friends of them if we will . There is only one gift we must have before we can learn to know them -- we must have imagination . I do not mean mere fancy , which creates unreal images and impossible ...
... hear them and know them , and make friends of them if we will . There is only one gift we must have before we can learn to know them -- we must have imagination . I do not mean mere fancy , which creates unreal images and impossible ...
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... hear the same tale over and over again till they see every bit of it as if it were real . This is why they are sure to love science if its tales are told them aright ; and I , for one , hope the day may never come when we may lose that ...
... hear the same tale over and over again till they see every bit of it as if it were real . This is why they are sure to love science if its tales are told them aright ; and I , for one , hope the day may never come when we may lose that ...
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... . All the wonderful histories which we have been studying in the last five lectures have had The little or nothing to do with living creatures . 124 THE FAIRY - LAND OF SCIENCE . THE VOICES OF NATURE, AND HOW WE HEAR THEM.
... . All the wonderful histories which we have been studying in the last five lectures have had The little or nothing to do with living creatures . 124 THE FAIRY - LAND OF SCIENCE . THE VOICES OF NATURE, AND HOW WE HEAR THEM.
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... hear her voice . We are all so accustomed to trust to our sight to guide us in most of our actions , and to think of things as we see them , that we often forget how very much we owe to sound . And yet Nature speaks to us so much by her ...
... hear her voice . We are all so accustomed to trust to our sight to guide us in most of our actions , and to think of things as we see them , that we often forget how very much we owe to sound . And yet Nature speaks to us so much by her ...
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