Hereditary Genius: An Inquiry Into Its Laws and ConsequencesD. Appleton, 1891 - 390 lappuses |
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... character , whose influences are little suspected , are at this moment working towards the degradation of human nature , and that others are working towards its improvement . I conclude that each generation has enor nous power over the ...
... character , whose influences are little suspected , are at this moment working towards the degradation of human nature , and that others are working towards its improvement . I conclude that each generation has enor nous power over the ...
3. lappuse
... characters , although their abilities may be highly appreciated in private life . Still less consistent with decorum would it have been , to intro- duce the names of female relatives that stand in the same category . My case is so ...
... characters , although their abilities may be highly appreciated in private life . Still less consistent with decorum would it have been , to intro- duce the names of female relatives that stand in the same category . My case is so ...
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... character of its range . The numbers I have prefixed to each class are not strictly accurate , for I measured them off rather than counted them , but they are quite close enough . The same name often appears under more than one head ...
... character of its range . The numbers I have prefixed to each class are not strictly accurate , for I measured them off rather than counted them , but they are quite close enough . The same name often appears under more than one head ...
11. lappuse
... characters . Permit me to add a word upon the meaning of a million , being a number so enormous as to be difficult to conceive . It is well to have a standard by which to realize it . Mine will be understood by many Londoners ; it is as ...
... characters . Permit me to add a word upon the meaning of a million , being a number so enormous as to be difficult to conceive . It is well to have a standard by which to realize it . Mine will be understood by many Londoners ; it is as ...
21. lappuse
... character , in all of which they expressed themselves intensely gratified and highly instructed . It is positively painful to hear what they say . Their recollections seem to be a mere chaos of mist and misapprehension , to which some ...
... character , in all of which they expressed themselves intensely gratified and highly instructed . It is positively painful to hear what they say . Their recollections seem to be a mere chaos of mist and misapprehension , to which some ...
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