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Page 94
... speak it well enough to be able to treat of any subject of discourse that may arise . It has a great literature ; other countries , with the exception of England , have great writers , rather than a great literature ; and its influence ...
... speak it well enough to be able to treat of any subject of discourse that may arise . It has a great literature ; other countries , with the exception of England , have great writers , rather than a great literature ; and its influence ...
Page 142
... speak not the words they would actually have spoken , but in a more formal manner , using the phrases they would have used if they had been able to prepare them before- hand and had known how to put what they wanted to say in exact and ...
... speak not the words they would actually have spoken , but in a more formal manner , using the phrases they would have used if they had been able to prepare them before- hand and had known how to put what they wanted to say in exact and ...
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... speak of goodness I would speak of love ; for there are philosophers who , thinking that it embraced every other , have accepted it as the highest of human values . Platonism and Chris- tianity have combined to give it a mystical ...
... speak of goodness I would speak of love ; for there are philosophers who , thinking that it embraced every other , have accepted it as the highest of human values . Platonism and Chris- tianity have combined to give it a mystical ...
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