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Regions have been surveyed , the very existence of which was before unknown -
and others , of which only a faint rumour had reached across the immense
deserts by which they were enclosed . The tract , too , is one on which Europeans
, in ...
Regions have been surveyed , the very existence of which was before unknown -
and others , of which only a faint rumour had reached across the immense
deserts by which they were enclosed . The tract , too , is one on which Europeans
, in ...
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From these dark features , we must not however conclude , that an unbroken
gloom hangs over the moral existence of Africa . National crimes , as they do not
degrade a man in the eyes of others , or even his own , do not break the general
cha ...
From these dark features , we must not however conclude , that an unbroken
gloom hangs over the moral existence of Africa . National crimes , as they do not
degrade a man in the eyes of others , or even his own , do not break the general
cha ...
Página 257
Now , the only organs of which we really know any thingand the only ones , we
humbly conceive , which there is the least reason for supposing to exist in
subservience to our mental operations - are , first of all , organs of faculties of the
precise ...
Now , the only organs of which we really know any thingand the only ones , we
humbly conceive , which there is the least reason for supposing to exist in
subservience to our mental operations - are , first of all , organs of faculties of the
precise ...
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... senses , it is pretty plain , that if the senses themselves , the nerves of which
terminate in the brain , are yet without organs in any part of it , those related
faculties , if indeed they have any existence , are still less likely to be so provided
.
... senses , it is pretty plain , that if the senses themselves , the nerves of which
terminate in the brain , are yet without organs in any part of it , those related
faculties , if indeed they have any existence , are still less likely to be so provided
.
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not very easy to understand how there should be an external organ for every
particular act or state of the mind - os rather for an arbitrary member of these
states : And when the question is about the existence of some thirty or forty
separate ...
not very easy to understand how there should be an external organ for every
particular act or state of the mind - os rather for an arbitrary member of these
states : And when the question is about the existence of some thirty or forty
separate ...
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