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All this entirely depends upon a comparison of the time saved , by showing the
boy how to do a thing , rather than by leaving him to do it for himself . Let the
object be , for example , to make a pair of shoes . The boy will effect this object
much ...
All this entirely depends upon a comparison of the time saved , by showing the
boy how to do a thing , rather than by leaving him to do it for himself . Let the
object be , for example , to make a pair of shoes . The boy will effect this object
much ...
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... is laid on the trunk of a large tree , and beaten with wooden mallets , till it
acquires the most brilliant gloss . They have a metallic currency , only indeed of
iron ; but none of their neighbours have any thing of the kind . They are described
as a ...
... is laid on the trunk of a large tree , and beaten with wooden mallets , till it
acquires the most brilliant gloss . They have a metallic currency , only indeed of
iron ; but none of their neighbours have any thing of the kind . They are described
as a ...
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The constancy of these attachments , again , is a thing , we are assured , quite
distinct from the attachments themselves . It is a separate and independent
faculty of itself , to be known hereafter by the name of Adhesiveness ; and may be
found ...
The constancy of these attachments , again , is a thing , we are assured , quite
distinct from the attachments themselves . It is a separate and independent
faculty of itself , to be known hereafter by the name of Adhesiveness ; and may be
found ...
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... observations must have been made on men , whose unusual strength of
endowment may have been derived from culture and education , what assurance
could they possibly have that the bumps on their heads had any thing to do with it
?
... observations must have been made on men , whose unusual strength of
endowment may have been derived from culture and education , what assurance
could they possibly have that the bumps on their heads had any thing to do with it
?
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The great and undiminished interest , which every thing connected with
Napoleon continues to excite , may be traced , we think , to a higher source than
the mere gratification of curiosity . The incessant attempts to blacken his
character while ...
The great and undiminished interest , which every thing connected with
Napoleon continues to excite , may be traced , we think , to a higher source than
the mere gratification of curiosity . The incessant attempts to blacken his
character while ...
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