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... supposed to double in less than 500 years . In the British Colonies and in North America it has been found that they double in twenty or twenty - five years . " How little did this eminent writer then anticipate that within the ...
... supposed to double in less than 500 years . In the British Colonies and in North America it has been found that they double in twenty or twenty - five years . " How little did this eminent writer then anticipate that within the ...
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... supposed to average 89 lbs . We thus find that the consumption of animal food in the towns of England far exceeds that of foreign cities ; and as this consumption has gone on steadily increasing , we are warranted in con- cluding that ...
... supposed to average 89 lbs . We thus find that the consumption of animal food in the towns of England far exceeds that of foreign cities ; and as this consumption has gone on steadily increasing , we are warranted in con- cluding that ...
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... supposed to have quadrupled in Ireland , as in the case of Eng- land . But during this interval of less than 70 years , the population of Ireland has trebled itself , for the number of souls which in 1777 amounted to 2,690,556 had ...
... supposed to have quadrupled in Ireland , as in the case of Eng- land . But during this interval of less than 70 years , the population of Ireland has trebled itself , for the number of souls which in 1777 amounted to 2,690,556 had ...
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... supposed to satisfy the theory of bodies moving in a parabola : subsequent observation , however , has determined their orbits to be el- lipses whose major axes are infinitely greater than their minor axes . On this hypothesis they will ...
... supposed to satisfy the theory of bodies moving in a parabola : subsequent observation , however , has determined their orbits to be el- lipses whose major axes are infinitely greater than their minor axes . On this hypothesis they will ...
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... by Bishop Sumner , in the second volume of the Records of the Creation , to be evidences of that very truth which they were supposed at one time to impeach . " may LECTURE II . IT be objected to the test MISUNDERSTOOD . 29.
... by Bishop Sumner , in the second volume of the Records of the Creation , to be evidences of that very truth which they were supposed at one time to impeach . " may LECTURE II . IT be objected to the test MISUNDERSTOOD . 29.
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