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They did not labour to discover new truths , but laboured to shew that Aristotle had anticipated his successors in every species of knowledge , that he had explored all the secrets of nature , and left to them only to study and admire ...
They did not labour to discover new truths , but laboured to shew that Aristotle had anticipated his successors in every species of knowledge , that he had explored all the secrets of nature , and left to them only to study and admire ...
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The God , who stood in direct connexion with nature , regarding and loving it as his handy work , seemed to him a God capable also of entering into a closer connexion , as well with man as all the rest of his works , and who would ...
The God , who stood in direct connexion with nature , regarding and loving it as his handy work , seemed to him a God capable also of entering into a closer connexion , as well with man as all the rest of his works , and who would ...
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It is a struggle indeed between unequal powers , between the man who is a conscious moral person , and nature , or events , or bodies of men , which either want personality or unity ; and hence the man , after fearful and desolating war ...
It is a struggle indeed between unequal powers , between the man who is a conscious moral person , and nature , or events , or bodies of men , which either want personality or unity ; and hence the man , after fearful and desolating war ...
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Adams President letter from | 48 |
in Rhyme | 68 |
Lines from London Morning | 76 |
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