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... positions where even the mind imagined by Laplace would strive in vain to press on farther , and where we have to stand stock - still . In the first place we must observe that the knowledge of Nature already spoken of as provisionally ...
... positions where even the mind imagined by Laplace would strive in vain to press on farther , and where we have to stand stock - still . In the first place we must observe that the knowledge of Nature already spoken of as provisionally ...
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... positions and their motions , that their position and motion , at any given time , past or future , may be calculated with the same certainty as we calculate the position and motion of the heavenly bodies , by means of previous absolute ...
... positions and their motions , that their position and motion , at any given time , past or future , may be calculated with the same certainty as we calculate the position and motion of the heavenly bodies , by means of previous absolute ...
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... position and motion , past , present , or future . It is utterly inconceivable how consciousness should result from their joint action . If their respective positions and their motion were not indifferent to them , they would have to be ...
... position and motion , past , present , or future . It is utterly inconceivable how consciousness should result from their joint action . If their respective positions and their motion were not indifferent to them , they would have to be ...
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... position of the elements in a compound had as much to do with its properties as did their number and amount , and it also had de- veloped the fact that certain elements might be withdrawn and their places filled by something else ...
... position of the elements in a compound had as much to do with its properties as did their number and amount , and it also had de- veloped the fact that certain elements might be withdrawn and their places filled by something else ...
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... position , and acted upon it with the comprehensive , far - seeing insight into the actual condition and tendencies , not merely of his own , but of other countries , which is his honorable characteristic among states- men . I have ...
... position , and acted upon it with the comprehensive , far - seeing insight into the actual condition and tendencies , not merely of his own , but of other countries , which is his honorable characteristic among states- men . I have ...
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Página 136 - the bud, Feed on her damask cheek ; she pined in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.'
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Página 112 - Philosophical Transactions ' of 1850, we have the results thus stated : 1. ' The quantity of heat produced by the friction of bodies, whether solid or liquid, is always proportional to the quantity of force expended ; ' 2. ' The quantity of heat capable of increasing the temperature of a pound of water by 1°
Página 771 - parts of the British Empire, with one another, and with foreign philosophers ; to obtain a more general attention to the objects of science, and the removal of any disadvantages of a public kind which impede its progress.
Página 650 - loveliness of perfect deeds, More strong than all poetic thought— " Which he may read that binds the sheaf, Or builds the house, or digs the grave, And those wild eyes that watch the wave, In roarings round the