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    practice upo only which makes perfect—the merits of "Mr . Lowes' system must be left to our readers to itbut to its clearness

    declare after using ; as and simplicity we can bear our own testimony .

    From The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge is a Law of Nature . —* A ? Chapter ' Six Lectures of Science to , or Working , What

    l Ken __ , by . J T- . Stuart r * 1 * , M tut . A . A volum 1 e of _ j * the ^_ _ _ delivered ¦ Peop ¦ L le ' s Library by •*• " tho , Professor consisting ___ of _ of Mechanics a course _ _ _ of in lectures ____

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    at Crewe . The author us obj vas to present an example of inductive reasoning , and to familiarise ¦ •¦ his hearers - ~~ to - some extent -

    mju ^ ^ \ k ^» ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ " ^^ ^»^^^» - ^ ^ " ™ ' ~^ w — — — — — — with the principles of scientific inquiry . The language In his f opening used i address - throug - — hout he is compares -j clear and science simple to .

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    many fairy tales , or to the ' Nibelungen land , to be entered only by the cloud-cloaked warrior / and he promises to raise the veil of strange

    nomenclature , which divides the ordinary multitude from this science world . Hence his lectures are calculated to serve as an introduction to science

    generally— ' The Pleasant Land , ' as he terms it , and he begins well by a thorough and comprehensive BBB lanation vrf of the laws of nature . The

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    still , people say some interruption of the laws of motion must have taken place . The earth fhust have stood still . How was 11 it 1 ¦ that ¦ 1 ¦ peop h le did not

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    V ^« . . VT . NJ U « KT KIO , , ^ U . .. . . J . U V l VI 1 II s D volume of sermons on ' Village Politics was " received with such general approval that a hearty

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Jan. 18, 1884, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_18011884/page/11/