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An Investigation of Homoeopathy [electronic Resource] William 1805-1896 Sharp,University of Glasgow Library No preview available - 2021 |
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Page 226 - The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.
Page 277 - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.
Page 62 - If, in the third place, we look into the profession of physic, we shall find a most formidable body of men. The sight of them is enough to make a man serious, for we may lay it down as a maxim, that when a nation abounds in physicians it grows thin of people.
Page 77 - And, first, evidence signifies that which demonstrates, makes clear, or ascertains the truth of the very fact or point in issue, either on the one side or on the other; and no evidence .ought to be admitted to any other point.
Page 62 - This body of men, in our own country, may be described like the British army in Csesar's time : some of them slay in chariots, and some on foot. If the infantry do less execution than the charioteers, it is because they cannot be carried so soon into all quarters of the town, and dispatch so much business in so short a time.
Page 159 - In the first place, the remedy is to be tried on the healthy body, without any foreign substance mixed with it...
Page 228 - For whatever is not deduced from the phenomena is to be called an hypothesis, and hypotheses, whether metaphysical or physical, whether of occult qualities or mechanical, have no place in experimental philosophy.
Page 232 - ... by my direction; the clouds, at my call, have poured their waters, and the Nile has overflowed at my command ; I have restrained the rage of the dog-star, and mitigated the fervours of the crab.
Page 78 - directly as the mass, and inversely as the square of the distance.
Page 280 - He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him.