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... idea of a Treatise . This was not done without some regret , as I know that a Treatise has a better chance of permanence than a collection of Essays ; but , in this case , I met with an invisible obstacle that threatened to prevent good ...
... idea of a Treatise . This was not done without some regret , as I know that a Treatise has a better chance of permanence than a collection of Essays ; but , in this case , I met with an invisible obstacle that threatened to prevent good ...
Page ix
... ideas about human intercourse which define the conditions of it in a hard and sharp manner , was strongly convinced that it would be impossible for her to have friendly relations with another lady whom she had never seen , but was ...
... ideas about human intercourse which define the conditions of it in a hard and sharp manner , was strongly convinced that it would be impossible for her to have friendly relations with another lady whom she had never seen , but was ...
Page xii
... idea that the dead are to be forgotten in order that we may spare ourselves distress . Let us give them their due place , their great place , in our hearts and in our thoughts , and if the sweet reciprocity of human intercourse is no ...
... idea that the dead are to be forgotten in order that we may spare ourselves distress . Let us give them their due place , their great place , in our hearts and in our thoughts , and if the sweet reciprocity of human intercourse is no ...
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... ideas appear to represent a sort of rude philosophy of human intercourse . There is the common belief , for example , that in order to associate pleasantly together people should be of the same class and nearly in the same condition of ...
... ideas appear to represent a sort of rude philosophy of human intercourse . There is the common belief , for example , that in order to associate pleasantly together people should be of the same class and nearly in the same condition of ...
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... is of no use . In such a city , where the upper class is an exclusive caste impenetrable by ideas , the eloquence of Mr. Gladstone would be ineffectual , and if exercised at all would be considered 14 [ ESSAY HUMAN INTERCOURSE .
... is of no use . In such a city , where the upper class is an exclusive caste impenetrable by ideas , the eloquence of Mr. Gladstone would be ineffectual , and if exercised at all would be considered 14 [ ESSAY HUMAN INTERCOURSE .
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