An Enquiry Into the Probability and Rationality of Mr. Hunter's Theory of Life: Being the Subject of the First Two Anatomical Lectures Delivered Before the Royal College of Surgeons, of LondonLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1814 - 95 pages |
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... cause of an apple falling from a tree , that led Sir Isaac Newton to ascertain the laws of attrac- tion ? was it not thinking thus which led him to perceive that the operation of the same causes might 10.
... cause of an apple falling from a tree , that led Sir Isaac Newton to ascertain the laws of attrac- tion ? was it not thinking thus which led him to perceive that the operation of the same causes might 10.
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... causes might perpetuate the regular mo- tions of the planetary system ? Why do we note facts with accuracy , or collect them with diligence ? why do we inter- rogate nature by experiment ? Is it not because we wish to prove some of our ...
... causes might perpetuate the regular mo- tions of the planetary system ? Why do we note facts with accuracy , or collect them with diligence ? why do we inter- rogate nature by experiment ? Is it not because we wish to prove some of our ...
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... caused him to survey all the facts connected with the subject of life in general with so much accuracy , as well as to note its disordered states and sympathies in a manner which has so greatly contributed to increase our practical ...
... caused him to survey all the facts connected with the subject of life in general with so much accuracy , as well as to note its disordered states and sympathies in a manner which has so greatly contributed to increase our practical ...
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... cause of the actions we observe in them . All these circumstances , though deduced from an extensive contemplation of the subject , may , however , be legitimately drawn from observations made on the egg . A living egg does not putrefy ...
... cause of the actions we observe in them . All these circumstances , though deduced from an extensive contemplation of the subject , may , however , be legitimately drawn from observations made on the egg . A living egg does not putrefy ...
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... cause become more firmly established . With all his genius , knowledge , and reflection , Mr. Hunter was not , however , a brilliant cha- racter amongst us . He had not the happy talent of displaying the stores of his mind , nor of ...
... cause become more firmly established . With all his genius , knowledge , and reflection , Mr. Hunter was not , however , a brilliant cha- racter amongst us . He had not the happy talent of displaying the stores of his mind , nor of ...
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