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... languages . With a very large part of the human race one who can only speak a single language cannot commune . Only a fraction of the human race can speak the English lan- guage . This state of affairs is probably a much sadder evil ...
... languages . With a very large part of the human race one who can only speak a single language cannot commune . Only a fraction of the human race can speak the English lan- guage . This state of affairs is probably a much sadder evil ...
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... language , governed in similar forms , and by similar laws . " Jefferson's vision of the English language covering a continent may , by wise statesman- ship , be made a reality . There was a period in a remote age when the human family ...
... language , governed in similar forms , and by similar laws . " Jefferson's vision of the English language covering a continent may , by wise statesman- ship , be made a reality . There was a period in a remote age when the human family ...
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... language spoken in its purity . If a traveller surveys the continent of Africa he is soon made aware of the strange fact that the languages and dialects spoken within the bounds of the " Dark Conti- nent " are to be counted by scores ...
... language spoken in its purity . If a traveller surveys the continent of Africa he is soon made aware of the strange fact that the languages and dialects spoken within the bounds of the " Dark Conti- nent " are to be counted by scores ...
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A STATE SHOULD HAVE A UNIVERSITY | 37 |
JEFFERSONS IDEAL UNIVERSITY | 131 |
IV | 213 |
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