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... foundation . And while men agree to admire and magnify the false powers of the mind , and neglect or destroy those that might be rendered true , there is no other course left but ( 9 ) with better assistance to begin the work anew , and.
... foundation . And while men agree to admire and magnify the false powers of the mind , and neglect or destroy those that might be rendered true , there is no other course left but ( 9 ) with better assistance to begin the work anew , and.
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Francis Bacon Joseph Devey. with better assistance to begin the work anew , and raise or rebuild the sciences , arts , and all human knowledge from a firm and solid basis . This may at first seem an infinite scheme , unequal to human ...
Francis Bacon Joseph Devey. with better assistance to begin the work anew , and raise or rebuild the sciences , arts , and all human knowledge from a firm and solid basis . This may at first seem an infinite scheme , unequal to human ...
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... better can afterward be invented , men need but cultivate and set off what is thus discovered and completed ; where- as , in reality , this registering of the sciences proceeds only from the assurance of a few and the sloth and ...
... better can afterward be invented , men need but cultivate and set off what is thus discovered and completed ; where- as , in reality , this registering of the sciences proceeds only from the assurance of a few and the sloth and ...
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... better and more perfect application of the human mind should be introduced . This , however , is not to be understood as if nothing had been ef- fected by the immense labors of so many past ages ; as the ancients have performed ...
... better and more perfect application of the human mind should be introduced . This , however , is not to be understood as if nothing had been ef- fected by the immense labors of so many past ages ; as the ancients have performed ...
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... better discovered by the torturings of art , than when they are left to themselves . Nor is it only a his- tory of bodies that we would give ; but also of their cardinal virtues , or fundamental qualities ; as density , rarity , heat ...
... better discovered by the torturings of art , than when they are left to themselves . Nor is it only a his- tory of bodies that we would give ; but also of their cardinal virtues , or fundamental qualities ; as density , rarity , heat ...
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