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... effort . In his search the author first began to study the steps of his own mental advancement . He had always considered it the most helpful thing ever done for his own education that as soon as he had learned to read he was set to ...
... effort . In his search the author first began to study the steps of his own mental advancement . He had always considered it the most helpful thing ever done for his own education that as soon as he had learned to read he was set to ...
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... effort of the mind to seek to unify thought . This is its bent , so to speak . As a young shoot , bent from its upright position , ever seeks to bend back to its normal direction , upward towards the sun , so the mind , when drawn to ...
... effort of the mind to seek to unify thought . This is its bent , so to speak . As a young shoot , bent from its upright position , ever seeks to bend back to its normal direction , upward towards the sun , so the mind , when drawn to ...
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... effort to establish it as a theory , or to build up a science upon it . In the course of generations , a few have succeeded in analyzing the rays of light in such a way as to show that the matter is identical , and the Hypothesis takes ...
... effort to establish it as a theory , or to build up a science upon it . In the course of generations , a few have succeeded in analyzing the rays of light in such a way as to show that the matter is identical , and the Hypothesis takes ...
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... effort is made to set forth any part as belonging to the one or the other . A science may be tested and illustrated by its application to art , or an art may be based on the laws of science ; but if a subject is treated . both as a ...
... effort is made to set forth any part as belonging to the one or the other . A science may be tested and illustrated by its application to art , or an art may be based on the laws of science ; but if a subject is treated . both as a ...
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... effort here to give it a fixed place , and assign to it a clear and consistent office , in order that uncertainty and obscurity may be avoided in its use . 4. Consciousness is sometimes spoken of as the mind knowing , feeling , or ...
... effort here to give it a fixed place , and assign to it a clear and consistent office , in order that uncertainty and obscurity may be avoided in its use . 4. Consciousness is sometimes spoken of as the mind knowing , feeling , or ...
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Page 86 - Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep, Was all that did their silly thoughts so busy keep.
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