MacMillan's Magazine, 4. köideSir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris 1861 |
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... truth lies mid - way between these two extremes seems in this case a very safe conclusion to arrive at . Let it be granted that children for the most part leave school at the age of eleven , and it does not therefore follow that the ...
... truth lies mid - way between these two extremes seems in this case a very safe conclusion to arrive at . Let it be granted that children for the most part leave school at the age of eleven , and it does not therefore follow that the ...
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... truth was ap- prehended that the great body of the people were not educated up to the standard which would qualify them to read books and profit by lectures . Hence an effort was made to remedy this defect by the institution of night ...
... truth was ap- prehended that the great body of the people were not educated up to the standard which would qualify them to read books and profit by lectures . Hence an effort was made to remedy this defect by the institution of night ...
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... truth , and that the most flattering to the Eng- lishman . Civilization breeds its intel- lectual difficulties as well as its physical diseases ; and how to deal with our statutes and our sewage seems to be the two main problems which ...
... truth , and that the most flattering to the Eng- lishman . Civilization breeds its intel- lectual difficulties as well as its physical diseases ; and how to deal with our statutes and our sewage seems to be the two main problems which ...
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... truth and the depth of the senti- ment which its stanzas convey . Let us hope that sooner or later she will draw and put in use the only true moral . YOUR. Excellency. looks. with. sapient. frown. On my poor jests that catch the vulgar ear ...
... truth and the depth of the senti- ment which its stanzas convey . Let us hope that sooner or later she will draw and put in use the only true moral . YOUR. Excellency. looks. with. sapient. frown. On my poor jests that catch the vulgar ear ...
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... truth ; not only may rationalism receive , as it is intended that she should receive , a heavy blow and great discouragement , but rea- son may be put to shame , and reasonable investigation of things divine ( the high- est aim of the ...
... truth ; not only may rationalism receive , as it is intended that she should receive , a heavy blow and great discouragement , but rea- son may be put to shame , and reasonable investigation of things divine ( the high- est aim of the ...
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