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... truth . The experimentalist may show the composition of water syn- thetically by holding a tumbler over the flame of ... truth upon truth - until his pupils have , almost insensibly , acquired a vast accumulation of know- ledge . I have ...
... truth . The experimentalist may show the composition of water syn- thetically by holding a tumbler over the flame of ... truth upon truth - until his pupils have , almost insensibly , acquired a vast accumulation of know- ledge . I have ...
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... truth of the lead- ing conception , the end and aim of his discourse . In all this there is unity with variety , but it is the variety which arises out of unity , - this all - pervading idea constitutes the method . The intellectual ...
... truth of the lead- ing conception , the end and aim of his discourse . In all this there is unity with variety , but it is the variety which arises out of unity , - this all - pervading idea constitutes the method . The intellectual ...
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... truths , otherwise you will vitiate the eternal , immutable truths of geometry . You must begin with Euclid , and you must end with Euclid . " Men that speak loudly in praise of Bacon as the father of modern philosophy , will never tell ...
... truths , otherwise you will vitiate the eternal , immutable truths of geometry . You must begin with Euclid , and you must end with Euclid . " Men that speak loudly in praise of Bacon as the father of modern philosophy , will never tell ...
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... truth . We can hardly ever say that we have actually arrived at the absolute truth ; but we ap- proach nearer and nearer to it , according as we extend our inductive processes . The truth lies in the asymptote of a curve , towards which ...
... truth . We can hardly ever say that we have actually arrived at the absolute truth ; but we ap- proach nearer and nearer to it , according as we extend our inductive processes . The truth lies in the asymptote of a curve , towards which ...
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... truth . We should test the facts by some new experiment , or we may find some hitherto neglected series of facts in our own experience which may lead us to a right decision . Hitherto , the facts accumulated by teachers have been almost ...
... truth . We should test the facts by some new experiment , or we may find some hitherto neglected series of facts in our own experience which may lead us to a right decision . Hitherto , the facts accumulated by teachers have been almost ...
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