The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Essays and miscellaniesAMS Press, 1979 |
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... result of this solution is the true one . Some person is con- cealed in the box during the whole time of exhibiting ... results may be obtained . The probability of the one assumed prov- ing the correct one is then as unity to infinity ...
... result of this solution is the true one . Some person is con- cealed in the box during the whole time of exhibiting ... results may be obtained . The probability of the one assumed prov- ing the correct one is then as unity to infinity ...
Page 177
... result of mental disease or rather , of organic malformation of mind : —it is this and nothing more . Not only will such " genius " fail , if turned aside from the path indicated by its pre- dominant faculty ; but , even when pursuing ...
... result of mental disease or rather , of organic malformation of mind : —it is this and nothing more . Not only will such " genius " fail , if turned aside from the path indicated by its pre- dominant faculty ; but , even when pursuing ...
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... result which is the true genius ( but which , on account of the proportion and seeming simplicity of its works , is seldom acknowledged to be so ; ) and the genius is greater or less , first , as the general mental power is more or less ...
... result which is the true genius ( but which , on account of the proportion and seeming simplicity of its works , is seldom acknowledged to be so ; ) and the genius is greater or less , first , as the general mental power is more or less ...
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Maelzels ChessPlayer | 6 |
Preface and Introduction to the Conchologists | 95 |
The Philosophy of Furniture | 101 |
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