I am one of those who hold that in this larger atmosphere, on the outskirts of Empire, where the machine is relatively impotent and the individual is strong, is to be found an ennobling and invigorating stimulus for our youth, saving them alike from the... Frontiers - Page 57by Marquess George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon of Kedleston - 1908 - 58 pagesFull view - About this book
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...atmosphere, on the outskirts of Empire, where j...] the individual is strong, is to be found an enobling and invigorating stimulus for our youth, saving them alike from the corroding ease and morbid excitements of Western civilization". The terms Curzon uses, "larger atmosphere"; "invigorating";... | |
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