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... justifying reason, to call that which is known to us, by this method, by the name of matter, thus losing sight of the fact that matter only exists by contra-distinction and opposition to mind, and that if mind did not exist, neither would matter. I have thus appeared to prejudge the question to ...

— The Mind and the Brain - Being the Authorised Translation of L'me et le Corps • Alfred Binet

... to myself, as I have often done in a stage-coach, though never with half the reason to prejudge favourably, What sort of countenance and figure shall we see in this woman when we come into the light? And indeed it was an interesting moment when, after we had entered her house, she blew the embers on the hearth, and lighted a candle to assist us in taking ...

— Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803 • Dorothy Wordsworth

... with those which are represented in our herbaria by single or few specimens. These are provisional species—species which may hereafter fall to the rank of simple varieties. I have not been inclined to prejudge such questions; indeed, in this regard, I am not disposed to follow those authors whose tendency is, as they say, to reunite species. I never reunite them without proof in each particular case; while the botanists ...

— Darwiniana - Essays and Reviews Pertaining to Darwinism • Asa Gray

... very distinct kinds of society. But the order I shall adopt in the description of each of them must not, in any way, lead you to prejudge my opinion respecting the rank which they hold among the French themselves. In this respect, I shall abstain from every sort of reflection, and, confining myself to the simple character of a faithful narrator, shall leave to your sagacity to ...

— Paris As It Was and As It Is • Francis W. Blagdon

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