 On the other hand, the //«probability that these flints acquired their peculiar shape by accident, becomes to our minds greater and greater as more and more such specimens are found ; until at last this hypothesis, although it cannot be directly disproved,...  Nature - Page 302edited by - 1872Full view - About this book
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...probable value, derives an irresistible cogency from accumulation. On the other hand, the improbability that these flints acquired their peculiar shape by...And thus what was in the first instance a matter of discussion, has now become one of those 'self-evident' propositions, which claim the unhesitating assent... | |
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...probablevalue, derives an irresistible cogency from accumulation. On the other hand, the improbability that these flints acquired their peculiar shape by...until at last this hypothesis, although it cannot bo directly disproved, is felt to be almost inconceivable, except by minds previously " possessed "... | |
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