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" An army without weapons of precision, and with no particular base of operations, might more hopefully enter upon a campaign on the Rhine, than a man, devoid of a knowledge of what physical science has done in the last century, upon a criticism of life. "
Discourses in America - Page 83
by Matthew Arnold - 1885 - 207 pages
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The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 18

1881 - 898 pages
...advance if their common outfit draws nothing from the stores of physical science. I should say that an army without weapons of precision, and with no...physical science has done in the last century, upon the criticism of life. "When a biologist meets with an anomaly, he instinctively turns to the study...
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Science and Culture, and Other Essays, Volume 32; Volume 964

Thomas Henry Huxley - 1881 - 372 pages
...advance, if their common outfit draws nothing from the stores of physical science. I should say that an army, without weapons of precision and with no...might more hopefully enter upon a campaign on the Ehine, than a man, devoid of a knowledge of what physical science has done in the last century, upon...
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English Mechanic and World of Science: With which are ..., Volume 32

1881 - 648 pages
...advance if their common outfit draws nothing from the stores of physical science. I should say that on army without weapons of precision, and with no particular...operations, might more hopefully enter upon a campaign of the Rhine, than a man, devoid of a knowledge of what physical science has dono in the last century,...
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The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science ..., Volume 36; Volume 99

1882 - 884 pages
...individuals will really advance, if their common outfit draws nothing from the stores of physical science. An army without weapons of precision and with no particular...shows how needful it is, for those who are to discuss a matter together, to have a common understanding as to the sense of the terms they employ — how...
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The Nineteenth Century, Volume 12

1882 - 1050 pages
...individuals will really advance, if their common outfit draws nothing from the stores of physical science. An army without weapons of precision and with no particular...shows how needful it is, for those who are to discuss a matter together, to have a common understanding as to the sense of the terms they employ, — how...
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Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 36; Volume 99

John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1882 - 920 pages
...individuals will really advance, if their common outfit draws nothing from the stores of physical science. An army without weapons of precision and with no particular...shows how needful it is, for those who are to discuss a matter together, to have a common understanding as to the sense of the terms they employ — how...
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Select Works of Thomas H. Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley - 1886 - 354 pages
...advance, if their common outfit draws nothing from the stores of physical science. I should say that an army, without weapons of precision, and with no...done in the last century, upon a criticism of life. When a biologist meets with an anomaly, he instinctively turns to the stndy of development to clear...
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Science and Culture: And Other Essays

Thomas Henry Huxley - 1888 - 372 pages
...advance, if their common outfit draws nothing from the stores of physical science. I should say that an army, without weapons of precision and with no...might more hopefully enter upon a campaign on the Ehine, than a man, devoid of a knowledge of what physical science has done in the last century, upon...
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Modern Humanists: Sociological Studies of Carlyle, Mill, Emerson, Arnold ...

John Mackinnon Robertson - 1891 - 322 pages
...sort might be got outside of physical science. It is very true again, as Professor Huxley urges, that, "An army without weapons of precision, and with no...done in the last century, upon a criticism of life." But the knowledge of what physical science has done is no security for soundness of criticism of life....
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The Popular Science Monthly, Volume 21

1882 - 900 pages
...individuals will really advance, if their common outfit draws nothing from the stores of physical science. An army without weapons of precision and with no particular...shows how needful it is, for those who are to discuss a matter together, to have a common understanding as to the sense of the terms they employ — how...
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