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Page 69
... comparison presents the essential characteristics of the object ; and if the special marks of the individual are required , a few points of contrast will fill the out- line . Of two objects equally well known , comparison and contrast ...
... comparison presents the essential characteristics of the object ; and if the special marks of the individual are required , a few points of contrast will fill the out- line . Of two objects equally well known , comparison and contrast ...
Page 70
... comparison that need explanation themselves , is to defeat the purpose of the comparison . In order that the object may have the greatest number of points common to the theme , it must not be chosen from a class more comprehensive than ...
... comparison that need explanation themselves , is to defeat the purpose of the comparison . In order that the object may have the greatest number of points common to the theme , it must not be chosen from a class more comprehensive than ...
Page 91
... comparison and con- trast , assuming sometimes one of the pairs to be known and used as a means of presenting the other which is the theme , and sometimes assume both to be equally well known . Sometimes also present all the likenesses ...
... comparison and con- trast , assuming sometimes one of the pairs to be known and used as a means of presenting the other which is the theme , and sometimes assume both to be equally well known . Sometimes also present all the likenesses ...
Page 95
... 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 process . It thus ...
... 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 process . It thus ...
Page 97
... comparison and contrast of the object with itself at a preceding or a succeeding moment . This relation is not only essential to the conception of a change , but it is used , as in descrip- tion , to facilitate the thought processes ...
... comparison and contrast of the object with itself at a preceding or a succeeding moment . This relation is not only essential to the conception of a change , but it is used , as in descrip- tion , to facilitate the thought processes ...
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