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... reason- ing which contrasts notably with that of the piece by Huxley . Huxley reasons from the particular to the general , Borah from the general to the particular . Huxley , concerned with proving the truth of a gen- eralization about ...
... reason- ing which contrasts notably with that of the piece by Huxley . Huxley reasons from the particular to the general , Borah from the general to the particular . Huxley , concerned with proving the truth of a gen- eralization about ...
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... reason does not possess what is called magic . None of his novels seems to me precisely first - rate . He has provided a panorama of California farm - life and California landscape which is unique in our literature ; and there are ...
... reason does not possess what is called magic . None of his novels seems to me precisely first - rate . He has provided a panorama of California farm - life and California landscape which is unique in our literature ; and there are ...
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... reason , whatever the reason may be which upon reflection appears to me to be the best ; and now that this fortune has come upon me , I can not put away the reasons which I have before given : the prin- ciples which I have hitherto ...
... reason , whatever the reason may be which upon reflection appears to me to be the best ; and now that this fortune has come upon me , I can not put away the reasons which I have before given : the prin- ciples which I have hitherto ...
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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