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Page 204
... better than the common . If it were the custom for all young men , whose parents were able to let them spend one third of the average human span in preparation for the rest , to study Chinese ten years or more ; if scraps of Chinese had ...
... better than the common . If it were the custom for all young men , whose parents were able to let them spend one third of the average human span in preparation for the rest , to study Chinese ten years or more ; if scraps of Chinese had ...
Page 215
... better title to be called " learned " than most graduates of American colleges and professional schools . He has studied more , harder , and to better effect , though in a different spirit . But the two kinds of education cannot be ...
... better title to be called " learned " than most graduates of American colleges and professional schools . He has studied more , harder , and to better effect , though in a different spirit . But the two kinds of education cannot be ...
Page 363
... better . By thus reducing the teaching of for- mal grammar , time is gained for better things , for feading Latin , for English and French , botany and drawing . -- There is great need of broadening and deepening the course of study in ...
... better . By thus reducing the teaching of for- mal grammar , time is gained for better things , for feading Latin , for English and French , botany and drawing . -- There is great need of broadening and deepening the course of study in ...
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Autobiography of a Shaker I II | 20 |
Hamlets of the Stage The I | 40 |
After Election J G Whittier | 50 |
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