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... energy , and nothing more . The other Modes , besides expressing this energy , superadd certain Affections , which respect per- sons and circumstances . Thus Ambulo and Ambula mean not simply To walk , but mean , I walk , and , Walk ...
... energy , and nothing more . The other Modes , besides expressing this energy , superadd certain Affections , which respect per- sons and circumstances . Thus Ambulo and Ambula mean not simply To walk , but mean , I walk , and , Walk ...
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... Energy doth not only require an Ener- gizer , but is necessarily conversant about some Subject . For example , if we say , Brutus loves - we must needs supply- loves ( a ) We use this word ENERGY , rather than Motion , from its more ...
... Energy doth not only require an Ener- gizer , but is necessarily conversant about some Subject . For example , if we say , Brutus loves - we must needs supply- loves ( a ) We use this word ENERGY , rather than Motion , from its more ...
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... Energy is necessa- rily situate between two Substantives , an Energizer which is active , and a Sub- ject which is passive . Hence then , if the Energizer lead the sentence , the Energy follows its character , and be- comes what we call ...
... Energy is necessa- rily situate between two Substantives , an Energizer which is active , and a Sub- ject which is passive . Hence then , if the Energizer lead the sentence , the Energy follows its character , and be- comes what we call ...
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... Energy ; and Portia , the Subject . But it might have been , Brutus loved Cato , or Cassius , or the Ro- man Republic ; for the Energy is refer- able to Subjects infinite . Now among these infinite Subjects , when that hap- pens to ...
... Energy ; and Portia , the Subject . But it might have been , Brutus loved Cato , or Cassius , or the Ro- man Republic ; for the Energy is refer- able to Subjects infinite . Now among these infinite Subjects , when that hap- pens to ...
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... Energy always keeps within the Energizer , and never passes out to any foreign extraneous Subject . Thus when we say , Cæsar walketh , Cæsar sitteth , it is impossible the Energy should pass out ( c ) Τὰ γὰρ καλέμενα μεσότητος χήματα ...
... Energy always keeps within the Energizer , and never passes out to any foreign extraneous Subject . Thus when we say , Cæsar walketh , Cæsar sitteth , it is impossible the Energy should pass out ( c ) Τὰ γὰρ καλέμενα μεσότητος χήματα ...
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