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... investigations , were pub- lished in the " Philosophical Transactions , " and attracted the notice of savants who had no knowledge of the ex- treme youth of the author . It need hardly be said that Brougham did not strictly confine ...
... investigations , were pub- lished in the " Philosophical Transactions , " and attracted the notice of savants who had no knowledge of the ex- treme youth of the author . It need hardly be said that Brougham did not strictly confine ...
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... respect , there were un- doubted proofs ; but the discussions with which the investigations were interspersed had also a very material effect . right to claim from avowed adversaries ; a fair hearing xxviii PREFACE .
... respect , there were un- doubted proofs ; but the discussions with which the investigations were interspersed had also a very material effect . right to claim from avowed adversaries ; a fair hearing xxviii PREFACE .
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... investigations of nature by any discovery , we must add that his life was crowned with the good fortune of opening to mankind new paths in which both himself and his followers successfully trod , enlarging to an in- calculable extent ...
... investigations of nature by any discovery , we must add that his life was crowned with the good fortune of opening to mankind new paths in which both himself and his followers successfully trod , enlarging to an in- calculable extent ...
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... investigate with them , he was care- less of the fame which however he could not but be sensible his labours must achieve . He was extremely averse to publication , contemning the impatience with which so many men of science hurry to ...
... investigate with them , he was care- less of the fame which however he could not but be sensible his labours must achieve . He was extremely averse to publication , contemning the impatience with which so many men of science hurry to ...
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... investigation since the ' Optics ' of Sir Isaac Newton . His fervent admiration of that masterly work was indicated by his giving it to Professor Robison , then a student , and desiring him to " make it the model of all his studies ...
... investigation since the ' Optics ' of Sir Isaac Newton . His fervent admiration of that masterly work was indicated by his giving it to Professor Robison , then a student , and desiring him to " make it the model of all his studies ...
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