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... Professors Gilbert Murray , H. A. L. Fisher , W. T. Brewster , and J. Arthur Thomson . Cloth bound , good paper , clear type , 256 pages , per vol- ume , bibliographies , indices , also maps or illustrations where needed . Each complete ...
... Professors Gilbert Murray , H. A. L. Fisher , W. T. Brewster , and J. Arthur Thomson . Cloth bound , good paper , clear type , 256 pages , per vol- ume , bibliographies , indices , also maps or illustrations where needed . Each complete ...
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... Professor of English Literature , University College , London . " One of the soundest scholars . His style is effective , simple , yet never dry . " - The Athenaeum . 87. THE RENAISSANCE . By Edith Sichel , author of " Catherine de ...
... Professor of English Literature , University College , London . " One of the soundest scholars . His style is effective , simple , yet never dry . " - The Athenaeum . 87. THE RENAISSANCE . By Edith Sichel , author of " Catherine de ...
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... Professor of Bio - Chemistry , Liverpool . 90. CHEMISTRY . By Raphael Meldola , F. R. S. , Professor of Chem- istry , Finsbury Technical College . Presents the way in which the science has developed and the stage it has reached . 53 ...
... Professor of Bio - Chemistry , Liverpool . 90. CHEMISTRY . By Raphael Meldola , F. R. S. , Professor of Chem- istry , Finsbury Technical College . Presents the way in which the science has developed and the stage it has reached . 53 ...
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... Professor at Glasgow , for uninstructed readers . 37. ANTHROPOLOGY . By R. R. Marett , Reader in Social An- thropology , Oxford . Seeks to plot out and sum up the general series of changes , bodily and mental , undergone by man in the ...
... Professor at Glasgow , for uninstructed readers . 37. ANTHROPOLOGY . By R. R. Marett , Reader in Social An- thropology , Oxford . Seeks to plot out and sum up the general series of changes , bodily and mental , undergone by man in the ...
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... Professor of the History of Religion , Harvard Uni- versity . " A popular work of the highest order . Will be profit- able to anybody who cares enough about Bible study to read a serious book on the subject . ” — American Journal of ...
... Professor of the History of Religion , Harvard Uni- versity . " A popular work of the highest order . Will be profit- able to anybody who cares enough about Bible study to read a serious book on the subject . ” — American Journal of ...
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Page 126 - Dieu et la nature sont en tout cela ce qu'il n'admire point; il ne va pas plus loin que l'oignon de sa tulipe, qu'il ne livrerait pas pour mille écus, et qu'il donnera pour rien quand les tulipes seront négligées et que les œillets auront prévalu. Cet homme raisonnable, qui a une âme, qui a un culte et une religion, revient chez soi fatigué, affamé, mais fort content de sa journée : il a vu des tulipes.
Page 60 - Quelle chimère est-ce donc que l'homme ? Quelle nouveauté, quel monstre, quel chaos, quel sujet de contradiction, quel prodige ! Juge de toutes choses, imbécile ver de terre; dépositaire du vrai, cloaque d'incertitude et d'erreur ; gloire et rebut de l'univers.
Page 118 - Jupin pour chaque état mit deux tables au monde : L'adroit, le vigilant, et le fort, sont assis A la première ; et les petits Mangent leur reste à la seconde.