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Page 116
... says , will straight fly up and kick the beam . " ( We shall look into the assumptions here in a moment . ) The arts and the sciences alike are only to be de- fended , says Housman , on the ground that the desire for knowledge is one of ...
... says , will straight fly up and kick the beam . " ( We shall look into the assumptions here in a moment . ) The arts and the sciences alike are only to be de- fended , says Housman , on the ground that the desire for knowledge is one of ...
Page 187
... says , of the books on elocution and gram- mar " which Lincoln studied both in and out of school will not impress anyone with Lincoln's poverty of op- portunity for the study of grammar and rhetoric . It is safe to say that few children ...
... says , of the books on elocution and gram- mar " which Lincoln studied both in and out of school will not impress anyone with Lincoln's poverty of op- portunity for the study of grammar and rhetoric . It is safe to say that few children ...
Page 193
... says that Lin- coln did not believe " that the Bible was the special divine revelation of God , as the Christian world con- tends , " and he goes on to tell us that in his middle twenties , before he had left New Salem , he even ...
... says that Lin- coln did not believe " that the Bible was the special divine revelation of God , as the Christian world con- tends , " and he goes on to tell us that in his middle twenties , before he had left New Salem , he even ...
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