On genius, in which it is attempted to be proved that there is no mental distinction among mankindHamilton and Adams, 1830 - 86 |
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... possessed some weight ; but the reverse of this is the fact . Men of Genius are always men of industry ; and if they gather more fruit than their cotemporaries , the rest of mankind , they have also prepared and cultivated the soil ...
... possessed some weight ; but the reverse of this is the fact . Men of Genius are always men of industry ; and if they gather more fruit than their cotemporaries , the rest of mankind , they have also prepared and cultivated the soil ...
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... possessed of a gift from heaven , than those whom they now extol . Hear the description given by Persius * of one of these murmurers against the bounty of nature . I will quote it in the translation of Dryden : " With much ado his book ...
... possessed of a gift from heaven , than those whom they now extol . Hear the description given by Persius * of one of these murmurers against the bounty of nature . I will quote it in the translation of Dryden : " With much ado his book ...
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... possesses an immortal spirit . Still that spirit , whilst conversant with material nature , through the medium of the body , must depend upon that medium for all the knowledge it can acquire . To explain how that knowledge is acquired ...
... possesses an immortal spirit . Still that spirit , whilst conversant with material nature , through the medium of the body , must depend upon that medium for all the knowledge it can acquire . To explain how that knowledge is acquired ...
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... possessed such organs of vision as these ? Insuperable perplexities would have confounded their observation . To the naval officer , the red and blue rays , having nothing to distinguish them from each other , would have presented an ...
... possessed such organs of vision as these ? Insuperable perplexities would have confounded their observation . To the naval officer , the red and blue rays , having nothing to distinguish them from each other , would have presented an ...
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... possessed by a Linnæus , will discover both . To a myoptic eye they might for ever have been confounded . Thus I have endeavoured to show , that all knowledge is dependent upon the senses ; and that the degree of perfection of knowledge ...
... possessed by a Linnæus , will discover both . To a myoptic eye they might for ever have been confounded . Thus I have endeavoured to show , that all knowledge is dependent upon the senses ; and that the degree of perfection of knowledge ...
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