The North American Review, Volume 66Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1848 - American fiction Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 119
... fact agreed on or a fact proved is itself a proof of opinions or of other facts ; but a fact asserted is no proof of any thing . Now the difficulty with this author's facts is , not only that they are neither admitted nor proved , but ...
... fact agreed on or a fact proved is itself a proof of opinions or of other facts ; but a fact asserted is no proof of any thing . Now the difficulty with this author's facts is , not only that they are neither admitted nor proved , but ...
Page 127
... fact that all men eat in China is uninteresting , not because it is a general fact , but because every body knew it before ; and the fact that all men in China eat opium , if true , would be interesting only to those who did not know it ...
... fact that all men eat in China is uninteresting , not because it is a general fact , but because every body knew it before ; and the fact that all men in China eat opium , if true , would be interesting only to those who did not know it ...
Page 128
... fact may be as new as a particular one , and then it would be not less , but more in- teresting ; as a new general law of nature would be more interesting , because more important , to us than a new soli- tary fact , supposing it to be ...
... fact may be as new as a particular one , and then it would be not less , but more in- teresting ; as a new general law of nature would be more interesting , because more important , to us than a new soli- tary fact , supposing it to be ...
Contents
RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN | 72 |
MODERN PAINTERS | 110 |
GRAY ON PRISON DISCIPLINE | 145 |
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