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... Natural Philosophy , Columbia College . Riker , Richard , Esq . Recorder of New - York . Riley , Captain James Rodgers , Benjamin W. Rodgers , John K. , M. D. Romeyn , Rev. John B. , D. D. Roosevelt , Isaac , M. D. Ross , William M ...
... Natural Philosophy , Columbia College . Riker , Richard , Esq . Recorder of New - York . Riley , Captain James Rodgers , Benjamin W. Rodgers , John K. , M. D. Romeyn , Rev. John B. , D. D. Roosevelt , Isaac , M. D. Ross , William M ...
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... It would be the mere repetition of what has already been ex- pressed , by eminent authors , on various occasions . They have told us that History is the science of human nature ; philosophy teaching by example ; the school of.
... It would be the mere repetition of what has already been ex- pressed , by eminent authors , on various occasions . They have told us that History is the science of human nature ; philosophy teaching by example ; the school of.
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... nature . It is , at best , an entertaining novel , with the ornament of real names . Philosophy , indeed , at a later day , may bring her ba- lance of probability , put the evidence of opposed facts in different scales , and deduce fair ...
... nature . It is , at best , an entertaining novel , with the ornament of real names . Philosophy , indeed , at a later day , may bring her ba- lance of probability , put the evidence of opposed facts in different scales , and deduce fair ...
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... nature may be derived from the intuitive perception and personificating power of Shak- speare , than from the laborious research and acute dis- cussion of Hume . Many important events are on record , and however dark and doubtful the ...
... nature may be derived from the intuitive perception and personificating power of Shak- speare , than from the laborious research and acute dis- cussion of Hume . Many important events are on record , and however dark and doubtful the ...
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... nature , ture . " Wrong becomes right , or rather , right and wrong , " Between whose endless jar justice resides , " Have lost their names ; and so has justice too . " Reduced to this forlorn condition , the more sedate and respectable ...
... nature , ture . " Wrong becomes right , or rather , right and wrong , " Between whose endless jar justice resides , " Have lost their names ; and so has justice too . " Reduced to this forlorn condition , the more sedate and respectable ...
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