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Page 72
... infer its nature from its acts . A man's specific acts and utterances are the key to his inner life . To show that patriotism was one of the traits of Washington's life , is to bring before the mind what 72 THE SCIENCE OF DISCOURSE .
... infer its nature from its acts . A man's specific acts and utterances are the key to his inner life . To show that patriotism was one of the traits of Washington's life , is to bring before the mind what 72 THE SCIENCE OF DISCOURSE .
Page 87
... infer the purpose . are ready to organize the description under the pur- pose and principle of unity discovered , which may be shown as follows : I. Purpose . To touch the emotions for their own sake , spe- cifically , pleasure in ...
... infer the purpose . are ready to organize the description under the pur- pose and principle of unity discovered , which may be shown as follows : I. Purpose . To touch the emotions for their own sake , spe- cifically , pleasure in ...
Page 95
... inferred from a comparison of the object at a given moment with itself at a succeeding or a pre- ceding moment . It is presented to the mind at a given moment by a process of description , and then at the succeeding moment by the same ...
... inferred from a comparison of the object at a given moment with itself at a succeeding or a pre- ceding moment . It is presented to the mind at a given moment by a process of description , and then at the succeeding moment by the same ...
Page 141
... inferred that all apples grow on trees . No one has observed all apples growing on trees , yet that they do so grow is a firm belief , and this belief came from observing compari- tively a very few cases of apples growing on trees . One ...
... inferred that all apples grow on trees . No one has observed all apples growing on trees , yet that they do so grow is a firm belief , and this belief came from observing compari- tively a very few cases of apples growing on trees . One ...
Page 144
... inferred . If , in this case , the sec- ond object resembled the first in only two respects , as lightness and ... infer that all of the class had the same structure than to infer that all of the class had the same color as the specimen ...
... inferred . If , in this case , the sec- ond object resembled the first in only two respects , as lightness and ... infer that all of the class had the same structure than to infer that all of the class had the same color as the specimen ...
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