The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 105A. Constable, 1857 |
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Page 38
... human society , -namely , the union of permanence and of progress , of con- servation with improvement , —has been obtained and secured , as far at least as the incurable frailty of all human works will permit it . In France , both in ...
... human society , -namely , the union of permanence and of progress , of con- servation with improvement , —has been obtained and secured , as far at least as the incurable frailty of all human works will permit it . In France , both in ...
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... human longevity . But in so doing we are called upon to submit them all to the great general law of averages ; and not to propound them , as M. Flourens does , as exponents of the natural capacity for life in man . We might just as ...
... human longevity . But in so doing we are called upon to submit them all to the great general law of averages ; and not to propound them , as M. Flourens does , as exponents of the natural capacity for life in man . We might just as ...
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... human longevity . A new and vigorous traffic has sprung up within the last eighty years , of which the duration of life is the subject and basis . We need not enlarge here upon the principle or history of Life Assurance as a branch of ...
... human longevity . A new and vigorous traffic has sprung up within the last eighty years , of which the duration of life is the subject and basis . We need not enlarge here upon the principle or history of Life Assurance as a branch of ...
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1 History of the Reign of Philip the Second King | 1 |
sur le Globe Par P Flourens Membre de lAca | 46 |
England from the earliest period to the year 1742 | 78 |
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