Excerpt from The Analyst, 1840, Vol. 10: A Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, Natural History, and the Fine ArtsUltimately, however, this speculative spirit subsided, and was suc ceeded by a more sober tone, the growth of a more practical habit of re¿ection and experience. Men gradually became aware that theory and practice were two distinct terms, and they gently relaxed their addiction to the former in favour of the latter, while, sat...
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