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... light of reason . When he was told by à Quaker friend that he was generally thought to be proud , and when he was satisfied of the fact by the evidence adduced ( it would have been hard to convince most men ) , he at once added humility ...
... light of reason . When he was told by à Quaker friend that he was generally thought to be proud , and when he was satisfied of the fact by the evidence adduced ( it would have been hard to convince most men ) , he at once added humility ...
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... light- ning and electricity . His experiments and conclusions were set forth in various papers with the lucidity characteristic of his thought and style . His essays were read before the Royal Society , published in England , and ...
... light- ning and electricity . His experiments and conclusions were set forth in various papers with the lucidity characteristic of his thought and style . His essays were read before the Royal Society , published in England , and ...
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... light in any weighty point ; thus penning what ap- peared to me my best thoughts , on innumerable subjects , for my own benefit . " In the same letter he speaks of a great work that he had on his " mind and heart ; " namely his ...
... light in any weighty point ; thus penning what ap- peared to me my best thoughts , on innumerable subjects , for my own benefit . " In the same letter he speaks of a great work that he had on his " mind and heart ; " namely his ...
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... light was shed upon the principal problems of nature and life . Christendom was lifted to a higher plane of intelligence than it had ever reached before . 196. Literature Enriched . This general renaissance produced a corresponding ...
... light was shed upon the principal problems of nature and life . Christendom was lifted to a higher plane of intelligence than it had ever reached before . 196. Literature Enriched . This general renaissance produced a corresponding ...
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... lights on the life of the people in different parts of our country during this period : Amelia E. Barr's " Remember the Alamo ( 1836 ) ; James Lane Allen's " A Kentucky Cardinal " ( about 1850 ) ; Irving Bacheller's " Eben Holden ...
... lights on the life of the people in different parts of our country during this period : Amelia E. Barr's " Remember the Alamo ( 1836 ) ; James Lane Allen's " A Kentucky Cardinal " ( about 1850 ) ; Irving Bacheller's " Eben Holden ...
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