The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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... difficult . The search for gene loci as such is difficult enough ; an additional problem is that the genes influence each other and that their activities are also directed by other genes . When we realize that a chromosome encompasses ...
... difficult . The search for gene loci as such is difficult enough ; an additional problem is that the genes influence each other and that their activities are also directed by other genes . When we realize that a chromosome encompasses ...
Page 119
... difficulty in switching from one situation to another . They find it difficult to commence a par- ticular activity , and equally difficult to end it ; this enhances their tendency to procrastinate . They are sensitive , affective and ...
... difficulty in switching from one situation to another . They find it difficult to commence a par- ticular activity , and equally difficult to end it ; this enhances their tendency to procrastinate . They are sensitive , affective and ...
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... difficult in the sense of being impenetrable ; it is difficult to read John- son because his prose demands great concentration on the part of the reader who wishes to experience the details of the struct- ure and rhythm , the power of ...
... difficult in the sense of being impenetrable ; it is difficult to read John- son because his prose demands great concentration on the part of the reader who wishes to experience the details of the struct- ure and rhythm , the power of ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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