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... is equally so . He says that under the Empire the Press was for the most part free ; the University presses were wholly so . The Professors were then called by the colleges them- selves , and might freely lecture , but that now PREFACE .
... is equally so . He says that under the Empire the Press was for the most part free ; the University presses were wholly so . The Professors were then called by the colleges them- selves , and might freely lecture , but that now PREFACE .
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... University Towns- The Expensive , as well as Demoralized State of the Rhine Country - alleged Causes of this - The real Advantages of Germany , whether Economical , Educational , or Social , to be found only in the Capitals - peculiar ...
... University Towns- The Expensive , as well as Demoralized State of the Rhine Country - alleged Causes of this - The real Advantages of Germany , whether Economical , Educational , or Social , to be found only in the Capitals - peculiar ...
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... University ones - Characteristics of these - Habits and gigantic Pre- tensions of German Professors - their Contempt of Women --- Professor Schlosser's Character of English Female Writers -Low Moral tone of German University Towns page ...
... University ones - Characteristics of these - Habits and gigantic Pre- tensions of German Professors - their Contempt of Women --- Professor Schlosser's Character of English Female Writers -Low Moral tone of German University Towns page ...
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... University Town - Con- vertion of Student Life into Official torpor - Amazing Amount of Officials in a single ... Universities learned Lecturing thereon , but barbarous Practice - a totally Secret System , without Public Check and ...
... University Town - Con- vertion of Student Life into Official torpor - Amazing Amount of Officials in a single ... Universities learned Lecturing thereon , but barbarous Practice - a totally Secret System , without Public Check and ...
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... Universities - Misrepresentations of Reviews on this subject - The Citizen Schools the best in their Ope- ration , but the impossibility of any Government introducing them here - Ignorance of the so - called Educated Working Population ...
... Universities - Misrepresentations of Reviews on this subject - The Citizen Schools the best in their Ope- ration , but the impossibility of any Government introducing them here - Ignorance of the so - called Educated Working Population ...
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