Knowledge is Power: A Guide to Personal CultureHutchinson, 1935 - 360 pages |
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Page 264
... origin of words denoting that action in the oldest languages , and we may see this idea exemplified even in such words as creep , crawl , rush , hurry , patter , totter , stump , stamp , and many others . The natural noise " St ! " or ...
... origin of words denoting that action in the oldest languages , and we may see this idea exemplified even in such words as creep , crawl , rush , hurry , patter , totter , stump , stamp , and many others . The natural noise " St ! " or ...
Page 280
... origin of species may have been final in their nature , and are not subject to further variation . Finally , another theory added to evolution is the " Isolation " theory , first propounded by Professor Fleeming Jenkin and adopted by ...
... origin of species may have been final in their nature , and are not subject to further variation . Finally , another theory added to evolution is the " Isolation " theory , first propounded by Professor Fleeming Jenkin and adopted by ...
Page 286
... origin and meaning of Conscience , the relations of Virtue to Vice , of Pleasure and Pain , of Selfishness and Altruism , of Duty and of Law . It is not within my present scope to enter largely into these great and wonderful problems ...
... origin and meaning of Conscience , the relations of Virtue to Vice , of Pleasure and Pain , of Selfishness and Altruism , of Duty and of Law . It is not within my present scope to enter largely into these great and wonderful problems ...
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