Better Themes: A College Textbook of Writing and Re-writingHarcourt, Brace, 1936 - 416 pages |
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... reason however was quite different from the reason he gave . 24. When I have finished the last of these problems and read the history assignment I shall play tennis for an hour or SO 25. If you have any objections to the plans I have ...
... reason however was quite different from the reason he gave . 24. When I have finished the last of these problems and read the history assignment I shall play tennis for an hour or SO 25. If you have any objections to the plans I have ...
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... reason with facts or generalizations as our major premise . Some- times we set up a hypothesis - a supposition — and ... reason as we now reason : Since the Steg- omyia is the sole carrier of yellow fever , the destruction of the ...
... reason with facts or generalizations as our major premise . Some- times we set up a hypothesis - a supposition — and ... reason as we now reason : Since the Steg- omyia is the sole carrier of yellow fever , the destruction of the ...
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... reason , and even more often , perhaps , permitting unsound reason to justify an emotional bias . BOOK REVIEWS If I may be forgiven for seeming flippant , I should like to say that the surest way of learning how book reviews should not ...
... reason , and even more often , perhaps , permitting unsound reason to justify an emotional bias . BOOK REVIEWS If I may be forgiven for seeming flippant , I should like to say that the surest way of learning how book reviews should not ...
Contents
CLEARING THE GROUND | 3 |
TOPICS FOR THEMES | 14 |
WRITING THE THEME | 23 |
Copyright | |
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