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Page 71
... knowledge of science and scientific method . Till then I had been concerned only with art and literature . It was a very limited knowledge , for the demands of the curriculum at that time were small , but at all events it showed me the ...
... knowledge of science and scientific method . Till then I had been concerned only with art and literature . It was a very limited knowledge , for the demands of the curriculum at that time were small , but at all events it showed me the ...
Page 166
... knowledge of the world , and when , having for years explored the personalities of people around him , he has ac- quired an intuition into human nature that will enable him to understand and so to recreate the figures of a past age . I ...
... knowledge of the world , and when , having for years explored the personalities of people around him , he has ac- quired an intuition into human nature that will enable him to understand and so to recreate the figures of a past age . I ...
Page 216
... knowledge that can be acquired with little labour . They have thought that they were learning something when they read novels in which the characters delivered their views on the burning topics of the day . A bit of love- making thrown ...
... knowledge that can be acquired with little labour . They have thought that they were learning something when they read novels in which the characters delivered their views on the burning topics of the day . A bit of love- making thrown ...
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