The Contemporary Review, Volume 32A. Strahan, 1878 |
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... universal confession , there are no books on any subject which deserve to be compared to our own ; whether , when we can teach European science , we shall teach systems , which , by universal confession , whenever they differ from those ...
... universal confession , there are no books on any subject which deserve to be compared to our own ; whether , when we can teach European science , we shall teach systems , which , by universal confession , whenever they differ from those ...
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... Universal Causation , " † where he speaks of " the notion of Cause being the root of the whole theory of Induction . " Observe the comprehensive force of the expression , " the whole theory . " Elsewhere , the " universal fact " of the ...
... Universal Causation , " † where he speaks of " the notion of Cause being the root of the whole theory of Induction . " Observe the comprehensive force of the expression , " the whole theory . " Elsewhere , the " universal fact " of the ...
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... universal law of causation . Upon what does this law rest ? An ancient system of cosmogony represented the world as resting on an elephant , and the elephant on a tortoise ; we want something to cor- respond to the tortoise . Now it is ...
... universal law of causation . Upon what does this law rest ? An ancient system of cosmogony represented the world as resting on an elephant , and the elephant on a tortoise ; we want something to cor- respond to the tortoise . Now it is ...
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... universal law , which can only be proved by those methods . Logic , let it be always remembered , is , according to Mill , the Science of Proof ; and , in such a matter as the methods of inductive proof , we cannot be supposed to deal ...
... universal law , which can only be proved by those methods . Logic , let it be always remembered , is , according to Mill , the Science of Proof ; and , in such a matter as the methods of inductive proof , we cannot be supposed to deal ...
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... universal causation , being collected from results so obtained , cannot itself rest on any better foundation . " It would seem , therefore , that induction per enumerationem simplicem not only is not necessarily an illicit logical ...
... universal causation , being collected from results so obtained , cannot itself rest on any better foundation . " It would seem , therefore , that induction per enumerationem simplicem not only is not necessarily an illicit logical ...
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Page 140 - And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: 15 and I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.
Page 200 - And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Page 567 - For we are saved by hope : but hope that is seen is not hope : for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it.
Page 140 - And I will establish my covenant with you; neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood ; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth.
Page 240 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell And shook a dreadful dart; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Page 240 - The one seemed woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many a scaly fold, Voluminous and vast — a serpent armed With mortal sting.
Page 672 - For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
Page 140 - I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 619 - Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Page 417 - The importance of female education in India cannot be over-rated ; and we have observed with pleasure the evidence which is now afforded of an increased desire on the part of many of the natives of India to give a good education to their daughters. By this means a far greater proportional impulse is imparted to the educational and moral tone of the people than by the education of men.