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learn from daily experience , that a train of thought is not merely casual . And if it
depend not upon will , nor upon chance , we must try to evolve by what law it is
governed . The subject is of importance in the science of human nature ; and I ...
learn from daily experience , that a train of thought is not merely casual . And if it
depend not upon will , nor upon chance , we must try to evolve by what law it is
governed . The subject is of importance in the science of human nature ; and I ...
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Thus order and connection , while they admit sufficient variety , introduce a
method in the management of affairs . Without them our conduct would be
fluctuating and desultory ; and we would be hurried from thought to thought , and
from action ...
Thus order and connection , while they admit sufficient variety , introduce a
method in the management of affairs . Without them our conduct would be
fluctuating and desultory ; and we would be hurried from thought to thought , and
from action ...
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white as was thought , produceth a hafty conviction that it is much less white than
it is in reality . Withdrawing now the pure white , and putting in its place a deep
black , the surprise occasioned by this new circumstance carries our thought to ...
white as was thought , produceth a hafty conviction that it is much less white than
it is in reality . Withdrawing now the pure white , and putting in its place a deep
black , the surprise occasioned by this new circumstance carries our thought to ...
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| Title | Elements of Criticism, Volume 1 Classics in art and literary criticism Elements of Criticism, Lord Henry Home Kames |
| Author | Lord Henry Home Kames |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 |
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