Essays, Volume 1Houghton Mifflin, 1903 - 445 pages |
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... nature . Genius detects through the fly , through the caterpillar , through the grub , through the egg , the constant individual ; through count- less individuals the fixed species ; through many species the genus ; through all genera ...
... nature . Genius detects through the fly , through the caterpillar , through the grub , through the egg , the constant individual ; through count- less individuals the fixed species ; through many species the genus ; through all genera ...
Page 135
... nature ; for when- ever we get this vantage - ground of the past , or of a wiser mind in the present , we are able to discern that we are begirt with laws which exe- cute themselves . The face of external nature teaches the same lesson .
... nature ; for when- ever we get this vantage - ground of the past , or of a wiser mind in the present , we are able to discern that we are begirt with laws which exe- cute themselves . The face of external nature teaches the same lesson .
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... nature has . Although no diligence can rebuild the universe in a model by the best accumulation or disposition of details , yet does the world reappear in miniature in every event , so that all the laws of nature may be read in the ...
... nature has . Although no diligence can rebuild the universe in a model by the best accumulation or disposition of details , yet does the world reappear in miniature in every event , so that all the laws of nature may be read in the ...
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