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Page 151
... sometimes of priceless worth to mankind , - and indirectly to every one who enjoys the privilege of living surrounded with the advantages of modern civiliza- tion , the science of mathematics is a blessing worth preserving . - - - The ...
... sometimes of priceless worth to mankind , - and indirectly to every one who enjoys the privilege of living surrounded with the advantages of modern civiliza- tion , the science of mathematics is a blessing worth preserving . - - - The ...
Page 175
... sometimes reveals secrets that the public had never suspected . He gives information , which he has perhaps spent much of his life in collecting , which enables one to sometimes view various important affairs from a vantage - ground of ...
... sometimes reveals secrets that the public had never suspected . He gives information , which he has perhaps spent much of his life in collecting , which enables one to sometimes view various important affairs from a vantage - ground of ...
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... sometimes by indescrib- able characteristics , to kindle in youth elevating , and in various ways noble , aspirations , and to sometimes , in a most delicate manner , introduce them to sciences . A worthy professor will often be enabled ...
... sometimes by indescrib- able characteristics , to kindle in youth elevating , and in various ways noble , aspirations , and to sometimes , in a most delicate manner , introduce them to sciences . A worthy professor will often be enabled ...
Contents
A STATE SHOULD HAVE A UNIVERSITY | 37 |
JEFFERSONS IDEAL UNIVERSITY | 131 |
IV | 213 |
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