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And , to speak the truth , I do very much apprehend , by some of the last winter's productions , which had their sets of admirers , that our posterity will in a few years degenerate into a race of punsters ; at least , a man may be very ...
And , to speak the truth , I do very much apprehend , by some of the last winter's productions , which had their sets of admirers , that our posterity will in a few years degenerate into a race of punsters ; at least , a man may be very ...
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When I told them so , They would not deign to contemplate the truth On all sides round ; whereat I deemed it best To lead my willing mother upwardly And set my Themis face to face with Zeus As willing to receive her .
When I told them so , They would not deign to contemplate the truth On all sides round ; whereat I deemed it best To lead my willing mother upwardly And set my Themis face to face with Zeus As willing to receive her .
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All the attempts to represent the appearance of the earth in past periods by means of geological maps are , of course , but approximations of the truth , and will compare with those of future times when the phenomena are 34 AGASSIZ.
All the attempts to represent the appearance of the earth in past periods by means of geological maps are , of course , but approximations of the truth , and will compare with those of future times when the phenomena are 34 AGASSIZ.
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Our present notions of the past periods of the world's history probably bear about the same relation to the truth that these ancient geographical maps bear to the modern ones . But this should not discourage us , for , after all , those ...
Our present notions of the past periods of the world's history probably bear about the same relation to the truth that these ancient geographical maps bear to the modern ones . But this should not discourage us , for , after all , those ...
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His university studies over , however , he began to pursue his investigations independently , and his geological excursions led him into Italy , where his confidence in the truth of Werner's theory began to be shaken .
His university studies over , however , he began to pursue his investigations independently , and his geological excursions led him into Italy , where his confidence in the truth of Werner's theory began to be shaken .
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| Title | The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Greatest Writers Volume 1 of The Stoddard Library: A Thousand Hours of Entertainment with the World's Great Writers, John Lawson Stoddard |
| Author | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Compiled by | John Lawson Stoddard |
| Publisher | G.L. Shuman & Company, 1911 |
| Original from | University of Chicago |
| Digitized | 7 May 2015 |
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