My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 1. köideDodd, Mead, 1905 |
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Page 61
... complete the victory over myself by discarding the left - hand spoon altogether . One other case of this kind hurt me dreadfully at the time , because it exposed me to what I thought was the ridicule or contempt of the whole school ...
... complete the victory over myself by discarding the left - hand spoon altogether . One other case of this kind hurt me dreadfully at the time , because it exposed me to what I thought was the ridicule or contempt of the whole school ...
Page 77
... complete silence . And when any brother or sister was " moved to speak , " it was usually very dull and wearisome ; and after having attended two or three times , and witnessed the novelty of the men and women sitting on opposite sides ...
... complete silence . And when any brother or sister was " moved to speak , " it was usually very dull and wearisome ; and after having attended two or three times , and witnessed the novelty of the men and women sitting on opposite sides ...
Page 86
... complete liberty in the evenings after seven o'clock , the only limitation being that he was back about ten ; while on special occasions he was allowed to take the door - key . He often took me with him on fine evenings to some of the ...
... complete liberty in the evenings after seven o'clock , the only limitation being that he was back about ten ; while on special occasions he was allowed to take the door - key . He often took me with him on fine evenings to some of the ...
Page 91
... complete control . Heredity , through which it is now known that ancestral characteristics are continually reappearing , gives that infinite diversity of character which is the very salt of social life ; by environment , including ...
... complete control . Heredity , through which it is now known that ancestral characteristics are continually reappearing , gives that infinite diversity of character which is the very salt of social life ; by environment , including ...
Page 94
... complete ignorance ; how he not only superintended the completion of the mill and carried on the whole thing successfully , but in a very short time noticed imperfections in the thread , found out the defect in the machinery or in the ...
... complete ignorance ; how he not only superintended the completion of the mill and carried on the whole thing successfully , but in a very short time noticed imperfections in the thread , found out the defect in the machinery or in the ...
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