To the homes of good men and greatW. H. Wise, 1916 |
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... mind . He was a linguist , a scientist , a novelist , a poet and a wit . He had written biography , philosophy and a play . He had been a journalist , a lecturer and even an actor . Thackeray declared that if he should see Lewes perched ...
... mind . He was a linguist , a scientist , a novelist , a poet and a wit . He had written biography , philosophy and a play . He had been a journalist , a lecturer and even an actor . Thackeray declared that if he should see Lewes perched ...
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... mind . This spirit of sly joking fills the place , set afloat by the master himself . Edison dearly loves a joke , and will quit work any time to hear one . It is the five minutes ' sleep and the good laugh that keep his brain from ...
... mind . This spirit of sly joking fills the place , set afloat by the master himself . Edison dearly loves a joke , and will quit work any time to hear one . It is the five minutes ' sleep and the good laugh that keep his brain from ...
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... mind , and if mind exists without the cells , it has not yet been proven . The brain is a storage - battery made up of millions of minute cells . The weight of an average man's brain is forty - nine ounces . Now , Humboldt's brain ...
... mind , and if mind exists without the cells , it has not yet been proven . The brain is a storage - battery made up of millions of minute cells . The weight of an average man's brain is forty - nine ounces . Now , Humboldt's brain ...
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