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It will gradually lead the mind into a ready and systematic analysis or synthesis ,
as the nature of the case may require , of every subject brought within its scope .
This will tend to an ultimate expansion of the mental faculties , and particularly to
...
It will gradually lead the mind into a ready and systematic analysis or synthesis ,
as the nature of the case may require , of every subject brought within its scope .
This will tend to an ultimate expansion of the mental faculties , and particularly to
...
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But a yet greater evil attends this unhappy state of things I mean the injurious
effect ultimately produced upon the mind , by the necessity of habitually guessing
, at that which , after all the learned research of so many generations , is yet ...
But a yet greater evil attends this unhappy state of things I mean the injurious
effect ultimately produced upon the mind , by the necessity of habitually guessing
, at that which , after all the learned research of so many generations , is yet ...
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Thirdly , the mathematical positions and relations of the several characters ,
being at first correctly impressed upon the mind , supersedes the necessity of
following written copies as in learning the common hand ; for each individual
having a ...
Thirdly , the mathematical positions and relations of the several characters ,
being at first correctly impressed upon the mind , supersedes the necessity of
following written copies as in learning the common hand ; for each individual
having a ...
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It may here be worth the remark , that a blind man , having a just conception of
the circle and its parts , though totally ignorant of the short - hand characters ,
might , by verbal explanation , be made to comprehend distinctly , in his own
mind ...
It may here be worth the remark , that a blind man , having a just conception of
the circle and its parts , though totally ignorant of the short - hand characters ,
might , by verbal explanation , be made to comprehend distinctly , in his own
mind ...
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themselves to the mind on every recurrence of those words or ideas . If then no
characters be adopted , but such as will readily pass this ordeal , it is quite
evident that no very considerable number will be found which shall be at the
same time ...
themselves to the mind on every recurrence of those words or ideas . If then no
characters be adopted , but such as will readily pass this ordeal , it is quite
evident that no very considerable number will be found which shall be at the
same time ...
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