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Page xvi
... method of development ; and you will prove statements about method largely by pointing out details in the subject matter . Consider how you would verify the following statement about the meaning of the paragraph : " The chief idea of ...
... method of development ; and you will prove statements about method largely by pointing out details in the subject matter . Consider how you would verify the following statement about the meaning of the paragraph : " The chief idea of ...
Page 248
... method to human as well as physical facts , the remedy , according to this writer , is to abandon " the erroneous application of the methods and results of natural science to the problems of human life . ” In three respects the passage ...
... method to human as well as physical facts , the remedy , according to this writer , is to abandon " the erroneous application of the methods and results of natural science to the problems of human life . ” In three respects the passage ...
Page 573
... Method of Scientific Investigation The following piece was first delivered as a speech in 1866 to an audience of unread workmen in England . Since Huxley , a great popularizer , here was at his best , the speech , when published as an ...
... Method of Scientific Investigation The following piece was first delivered as a speech in 1866 to an audience of unread workmen in England . Since Huxley , a great popularizer , here was at his best , the speech , when published as an ...
Contents
SPACE ARRANGEMENT The Battlefield of Waterloo | 7 |
COMPARISON AND CONTRAST True and False Humor | 13 |
ANALOGY The Stagecoach from Looking Backward Edward Bellamy | 19 |
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