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... particular authors , and repeating their doctrines . It is a fatal mistake to suppose that the sciences have gradually arrived at a state of perfection , and then been recorded by some one writer or other ; and that as nothing better ...
... particular authors , and repeating their doctrines . It is a fatal mistake to suppose that the sciences have gradually arrived at a state of perfection , and then been recorded by some one writer or other ; and that as nothing better ...
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... particular persons , and transacted in private ; so that neither the births nor miscarriages of time are to be found in our records . Nor is consent , or the continuance thereof , a thing of any account , for however governments may ...
... particular persons , and transacted in private ; so that neither the births nor miscarriages of time are to be found in our records . Nor is consent , or the continuance thereof , a thing of any account , for however governments may ...
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... particular facts , in which no guides can be trusted , as wanting direction them- selves , and adding to the errors of the rest . In this melan- choly state of things , one might be apt to despair both of the understanding left to ...
... particular facts , in which no guides can be trusted , as wanting direction them- selves , and adding to the errors of the rest . In this melan- choly state of things , one might be apt to despair both of the understanding left to ...
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... particular doctrine , but to fix an extensive basis for the service of human nature . 2. That , for their own sakes , they lay aside the zeal and prejudices of opinions , and endeavor the com- mon good ; and that being , by our ...
... particular doctrine , but to fix an extensive basis for the service of human nature . 2. That , for their own sakes , they lay aside the zeal and prejudices of opinions , and endeavor the com- mon good ; and that being , by our ...
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... particular care , where the dignity or difficulty of the subject requires it , either to lay down the rules for effecting the work , or make an attempt of our own , by way of example , or pattern , of the whole . For it concerns our own ...
... particular care , where the dignity or difficulty of the subject requires it , either to lay down the rules for effecting the work , or make an attempt of our own , by way of example , or pattern , of the whole . For it concerns our own ...
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