The reason why : $b a careful collection of many hundreds of reasons for things which, though generally believed, are imperfectly understood. A book of condensed scientific knowledge for the million
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| Each page starts with a biblical quotation. These were enclosed in |
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| p. ix: LESSON XI follows LESSON XII. This was not changed. |
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| p. 151: Two consecutive questions are labeled 666. This was not |
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| p. 177: Question 892 was mislabeled. Changed to 802. |
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| p. 232: "F. The muscle situated underneath, ..." This muscle is |
| shown above in Fig. 61. |
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| pp. 199 and 201 each have a question 869. This was not changed. |
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| p. 251: "... that required to be removed..." changed to "... that |
| are required to be removed"... |
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| p. 253: "... destruction of the optic,..." changed to |
| "... destruction of the optic nerve,..." |