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... tion of historical studies - a glory in which a share belongs to many names illustrious for ever in the annals of research and criticism , scholarship and philosophy , though in the present connexion I men- tion only one , that of the ...
... tion of historical studies - a glory in which a share belongs to many names illustrious for ever in the annals of research and criticism , scholarship and philosophy , though in the present connexion I men- tion only one , that of the ...
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... tion and repulsion . He studies also the results of incineration of plants ; and the action of alum as a mordant . With the penetrative insight of genius , he detested the hollowness and unprogressiveness of alchemy ; indeed he tells us ...
... tion and repulsion . He studies also the results of incineration of plants ; and the action of alum as a mordant . With the penetrative insight of genius , he detested the hollowness and unprogressiveness of alchemy ; indeed he tells us ...
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... tion , and shows that there cannot be more than six varieties , because there are six aims in view , namely , future happiness , or temporal good , that is , either pleasure or wealth or mastery or power or fame . On the next page he ...
... tion , and shows that there cannot be more than six varieties , because there are six aims in view , namely , future happiness , or temporal good , that is , either pleasure or wealth or mastery or power or fame . On the next page he ...
Contents
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS BY THE RIGHT HON VISCOUNT BRYCE O M | 7 |
THE CELTIC INSCRIPTIONS OF CISALPINE GAUL BY SIR JOHN RHŶs | 23 |
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS AT THE OPENING MEETING OF THE INTER | 113 |
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