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AH the witnesses were in the employ of Clymer, in the business of freighting, and
speak from personal knowledge. McKenney declares that the trip in 1851 yielded
Clymer, in his opinion, a profit of 50 per cent., and that a similar one in 1852 ...
AH the witnesses were in the employ of Clymer, in the business of freighting, and
speak from personal knowledge. McKenney declares that the trip in 1851 yielded
Clymer, in his opinion, a profit of 50 per cent., and that a similar one in 1852 ...
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The idea seems to be that knowledge can only be increased by the discovery of
new truth . This is an arbitrary and untenable position . A mind experiences an
increase of knowledge if it knows more than it did before , although all the ideas it
...
The idea seems to be that knowledge can only be increased by the discovery of
new truth . This is an arbitrary and untenable position . A mind experiences an
increase of knowledge if it knows more than it did before , although all the ideas it
...
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But the terms of the bequest require not merely that it should be applied to the
increase of knowledge , but also to its diffusion , and to its diffusion AMONG MEN
. The benevolent purposes of Mr. Smithson were not limited to the citizens of ...
But the terms of the bequest require not merely that it should be applied to the
increase of knowledge , but also to its diffusion , and to its diffusion AMONG MEN
. The benevolent purposes of Mr. Smithson were not limited to the citizens of ...
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It proposed to offer rewards for papers to contain positive advances in knowledge
and to institute specific researches ; and the Smithsonian contributions to
knowledge were to contain papers produced by these rewards and these
researches .
It proposed to offer rewards for papers to contain positive advances in knowledge
and to institute specific researches ; and the Smithsonian contributions to
knowledge were to contain papers produced by these rewards and these
researches .
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Quarto Volumes . Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge . 1848. Vol . 1 , 4to . ,
pp . 346 , with 48 plates , and 207 woodcuts . Contains No. 1. ( See the extreme
right hand of the title . ) Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge . 1851. Vol .
Quarto Volumes . Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge . 1848. Vol . 1 , 4to . ,
pp . 346 , with 48 plates , and 207 woodcuts . Contains No. 1. ( See the extreme
right hand of the title . ) Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge . 1851. Vol .
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