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... river's brim A yellow primrose was to him , And it was nothing more . " But we will not be like these , we will open our eyes , and ask , " What are these forces or fairies , and how can we see them ? " Just go out into the country ...
... river's brim A yellow primrose was to him , And it was nothing more . " But we will not be like these , we will open our eyes , and ask , " What are these forces or fairies , and how can we see them ? " Just go out into the country ...
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... river , a plain , a valley , or a delta . All these things are not difficult , you can learn them pleasantly from simple books on physics , chemistry , botany , physiology , and physical geography ; and when you understand a few plain ...
... river , a plain , a valley , or a delta . All these things are not difficult , you can learn them pleasantly from simple books on physics , chemistry , botany , physiology , and physical geography ; and when you understand a few plain ...
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... rivers flow , and consequently no plants could grow and no animals live . All water would be in the form of snow and ice , and the earth would be one great frozen mass with nothing moving upon it . So you see it becomes very interesting ...
... rivers flow , and consequently no plants could grow and no animals live . All water would be in the form of snow and ice , and the earth would be one great frozen mass with nothing moving upon it . So you see it becomes very interesting ...
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... river ; and they meet behind the wire , just as the water meets in a V shape behind the post . Now when they meet , they run up against each other , and here it is we catch . them . For if they meet comfortably , both rising up in a ...
... river ; and they meet behind the wire , just as the water meets in a V shape behind the post . Now when they meet , they run up against each other , and here it is we catch . them . For if they meet comfortably , both rising up in a ...
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... rivers and all the moving water on the earth . So also it is the heat - waves which make the air hot and light , and so cause it to rise and make winds and air - currents , and these again give rise to ocean - currents . It is these ...
... rivers and all the moving water on the earth . So also it is the heat - waves which make the air hot and light , and so cause it to rise and make winds and air - currents , and these again give rise to ocean - currents . It is these ...
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Page 152 - FLOWER in the crannied wall, I pluck you out of the crannies, I hold you here, root and all, in my hand, Little flower — but if I could understand What you are, root and all, and all in all, I should know what God and man is.
Page 192 - That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
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