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A Devil's Chaplain: Reflections on Hope, Lies, Science, and Love - Page 18
by Richard Dawkins - 2004 - 272 pages
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Essays for College English

James Cloyd Bowman, Louis Ignatius Bredvold, LeRoy Bethuel Greenfield, Bruce Weirick - American essays - 1915 - 488 pages
...in the generalized language of law; I mean that procedure which Huxley had in mind when he said that science is "nothing but trained and organized common...its methods differ from those of common sense only so far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club."...
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Essays for College English

James Cloyd Bowman, Louis Ignatius Bredvold, LeRoy Bethuel Greenfield, Bruce Weirick - American essays - 1915 - 518 pages
...of law; I mean that procedure which Huxley had in mind when he said that science is "nothing tritt trained and organized common sense, differing from...its methods differ from those of common sense only so far us the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club."...
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The Philistine: A Periodical of Protest, Volume 23

Elbert Hubbard, Harry Persons Taber - American literature - 1906 - 464 pages
...AURORA, ERIE COUNTY, NEW YORK 'IENCE is, I Believe, nothing but trained [and organized commonsense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit. The vast results obtained by Science are won by no mystical faculties, by no mental processes other...
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The Method and Practice of Exposition: A Text-book for Advanced Students in ...

Thomas Ernest Rankin - English language - 1917 - 300 pages
.... VII SELECTIONS FOE THE STUDY OF STYLE 1. Science is, I believe, nothing but trained and organised common sense, differing from the latter only as a...its methods differ from those of common sense only so far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club....
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Human Traits and Their Social Significance

Irwin Edman - Social psychology - 1919 - 480 pages
...difference between a genuinely scientific procedure and mere casual and random common sense is the same : Science is nothing but trained and organized common...its methods differ from those of common sense only so far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club....
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Sentences and Thinking: A Practice Book in Sentence Making

Norman Foerster, John Marcellus Steadman - English language - 1919 - 136 pages
...their respective values, and determining their mutual dependence. (Newman.) 19. Science is, I believe, nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing...its methods differ from those of common sense only so far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club....
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The Trained Nurse and Hospital Review, Volume 62

1919 - 526 pages
...there were no front. Science " Science is, I believe, nothing but trained and organized common-sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ...raw recruit; and its methods differ from those of common-sense only so far as the Guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage...
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Readings from Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley - Science - 1920 - 202 pages
...consequence of the decay of the Inquisition. "Science is, I believe, nothing but trained and organised common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from a raw recruit." — Science and Education, Collected Essays, 111=45. 16 through the narrow streets of old London, and...
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North American Journal of Homoeopathy

1906 - 978 pages
...relation to science in general, Professor Huxley said : "Science is, I believe, nothing but trained organized common sense, differing from the latter only as a veteran may differ from the raw recruit. The vast results obtained by science are won by no mystical faculties; by no mental...
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The Theory of Education: The Philosophy of Education as Derived from the ...

Ira Woods Howerth - Education - 1926 - 436 pages
...there be, a science of education? Discuss. CHAPTER III THE SCIENCE OF EDUCATION "Science is, I believe, nothing but trained and organized common sense, differing...its methods differ from those of common sense only so far as the guardsman's cut and thrust differ from the manner in which a savage wields his club."...
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