Essays: Moral, Political and AestheticD. Appleton, 1888 - 428 páginas |
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... connected with the ideas signified , as do these original words used in childhood ; and hence the associa- tion remains less strong . But in what does a strong association between a word and an idea differ from a weak one ? Simply in ...
... connected with the ideas signified , as do these original words used in childhood ; and hence the associa- tion remains less strong . But in what does a strong association between a word and an idea differ from a weak one ? Simply in ...
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... connected in our experience . Were all these facts detailed instead of suggested , the atten- tion would be so frittered away that little impression of dreariness would be produced . Similarly in other cases . Whatever the nature of the ...
... connected in our experience . Were all these facts detailed instead of suggested , the atten- tion would be so frittered away that little impression of dreariness would be produced . Similarly in other cases . Whatever the nature of the ...
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... connection with vivid mental impressions ; and having been accustomed to meet with them in the most powerful writing ; they come to have in themselves a species of force . The emotions that have from time to time been produced by the ...
... connection with vivid mental impressions ; and having been accustomed to meet with them in the most powerful writing ; they come to have in themselves a species of force . The emotions that have from time to time been produced by the ...
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... connected ideas are best ; but that some modes of dividing and presenting a subject will be more striking than others ; and that , too , irrespective of its log- ical cohesion . It shows why we must progress from the less interesting to ...
... connected ideas are best ; but that some modes of dividing and presenting a subject will be more striking than others ; and that , too , irrespective of its log- ical cohesion . It shows why we must progress from the less interesting to ...
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... connections . A youth , too ill - educated for any active profession , does very well for an officer in the Army . Gray hair , or a title , is a far better guarantee of naval promotion than genius is . Nay , indeed , the man of capacity ...
... connections . A youth , too ill - educated for any active profession , does very well for an officer in the Army . Gray hair , or a title , is a far better guarantee of naval promotion than genius is . Nay , indeed , the man of capacity ...
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