Knowledge is Power: A Guide to Personal CultureHutchinson, 1935 - 360 pages |
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... influence upon the time . But when a man or woman has not many advantages of leisured education , when time is limited and ambition great , why not begin at the beginning instead of at the end ; why not study first those parent - works ...
... influence upon the time . But when a man or woman has not many advantages of leisured education , when time is limited and ambition great , why not begin at the beginning instead of at the end ; why not study first those parent - works ...
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... influence upon his time , is notable nowadays not so much for his own writings , which , though sonorous , eloquent , and learned , have not much living interest , but for his conversations as recorded by Bos- well , his faithful friend ...
... influence upon his time , is notable nowadays not so much for his own writings , which , though sonorous , eloquent , and learned , have not much living interest , but for his conversations as recorded by Bos- well , his faithful friend ...
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... Influence of great influence in the direction of evolution . A man's ethics vary a good deal , according to the Environment situation in which he finds himself . It is com- paratively easy , for instance , for the modern civilized ...
... Influence of great influence in the direction of evolution . A man's ethics vary a good deal , according to the Environment situation in which he finds himself . It is com- paratively easy , for instance , for the modern civilized ...
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