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Page 50
... present and will seem as unim- portant as the present does now . But common sense avails me little . I do not find the present unsatisfactory ; I merely take it for granted . It is interwoven in the pattern and what interests me is what ...
... present and will seem as unim- portant as the present does now . But common sense avails me little . I do not find the present unsatisfactory ; I merely take it for granted . It is interwoven in the pattern and what interests me is what ...
Page 88
... present it with the com- pleteness that is fitting to it . But I am not impatient with the young when , only at their request , I insist , I advise them to read Shakespeare and Swift , and they tell me that they read Gulliver's Travels ...
... present it with the com- pleteness that is fitting to it . But I am not impatient with the young when , only at their request , I insist , I advise them to read Shakespeare and Swift , and they tell me that they read Gulliver's Travels ...
Page 253
... present day , at least in that middle - class to which I belong , seem to me better prepared . They are taught now many things that are useful to them , whereas we had to pick them up as best we could . The relation between the sexes is ...
... present day , at least in that middle - class to which I belong , seem to me better prepared . They are taught now many things that are useful to them , whereas we had to pick them up as best we could . The relation between the sexes is ...
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