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... regard both to the organization and the details of the subject . In regard to the first , the author explains the fact , from the nature of the case , that Physics is rather a repository of somewhat fragmentary portions of physical ...
... regard both to the organization and the details of the subject . In regard to the first , the author explains the fact , from the nature of the case , that Physics is rather a repository of somewhat fragmentary portions of physical ...
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... regard to social science , merely what is necessary to render his analysis possible and available . For various reasons , I think it best to stop here , feeling assured that if this Work fulfils its function , all else with which M ...
... regard to social science , merely what is necessary to render his analysis possible and available . For various reasons , I think it best to stop here , feeling assured that if this Work fulfils its function , all else with which M ...
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... regard to organic bodies indicates that the cause of this immense exception must be investigated ; and such an inquiry be- longs as much to physiology as to chemistry . Again , it is as yet undecided whether azote is a simple or a ...
... regard to organic bodies indicates that the cause of this immense exception must be investigated ; and such an inquiry be- longs as much to physiology as to chemistry . Again , it is as yet undecided whether azote is a simple or a ...
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... regard as natural that division which we should then call artificial . Laplace himself presented his idea only as a philosophic device , incapable of exercising any useful in- fluence over the progress of chemical science . Moreover ...
... regard as natural that division which we should then call artificial . Laplace himself presented his idea only as a philosophic device , incapable of exercising any useful in- fluence over the progress of chemical science . Moreover ...
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... regard to scientific education , it is no less striking in regard to general education . Our intellectual system cannot be renovated till the natural sciences are studied in their proper order . Even the highest understandings are apt ...
... regard to scientific education , it is no less striking in regard to general education . Our intellectual system cannot be renovated till the natural sciences are studied in their proper order . Even the highest understandings are apt ...
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