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... talk would have been chiefly about runts , ' which , I believe , means heifers ; and recall that this com- rade of ... talking about . " But he illustrated in a rare degree the oldest of all descriptions of what the philosopher should be ...
... talk would have been chiefly about runts , ' which , I believe , means heifers ; and recall that this com- rade of ... talking about . " But he illustrated in a rare degree the oldest of all descriptions of what the philosopher should be ...
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... talk about today ? " asked Sir John . After he had rapidly and joyfully accepted their invitation to become President , he repeatedly asked himself " What shall I talk about ? " " I had been preceded in this chair , " he continued ...
... talk about today ? " asked Sir John . After he had rapidly and joyfully accepted their invitation to become President , he repeatedly asked himself " What shall I talk about ? " " I had been preceded in this chair , " he continued ...
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... talk , manners , literature , ideals , way of living ? Of our ordinary talk , he feared , he would have a very poor opinion . Much of their idiom would seem unintelligible to him , and all of it he would think sadly undignified . When a ...
... talk , manners , literature , ideals , way of living ? Of our ordinary talk , he feared , he would have a very poor opinion . Much of their idiom would seem unintelligible to him , and all of it he would think sadly undignified . When a ...
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