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... poor and untrust- worthy substitutes for them . The reason for this difficulty I take to be the extreme complexity of human nature , and its boundless variety , which make it always probable that in every mind which we have not long and ...
... poor and untrust- worthy substitutes for them . The reason for this difficulty I take to be the extreme complexity of human nature , and its boundless variety , which make it always probable that in every mind which we have not long and ...
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... poor and the ignorant is an obscure and doubtful problem , for we can never know the inborn powers that remain in them un- developed till they die . In this way the help of the race , so far from being unfavourable to individuality , is ...
... poor and the ignorant is an obscure and doubtful problem , for we can never know the inborn powers that remain in them un- developed till they die . In this way the help of the race , so far from being unfavourable to individuality , is ...
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... poor people , but one of the smaller crowd of rich and fashionable people . Independence and originality are so little esteemed in what is called " good society in France that the adjectives " indépendant " and “ ori- ginal " are ...
... poor people , but one of the smaller crowd of rich and fashionable people . Independence and originality are so little esteemed in what is called " good society in France that the adjectives " indépendant " and “ ori- ginal " are ...
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... anything concerning it is a subject for regret , it is that culture makes us in- capable of enjoying poor jokes . It is , however , a simple matter of fact , that although men of great culture 16 [ ESSAY HUMAN INTERCOURSE .
... anything concerning it is a subject for regret , it is that culture makes us in- capable of enjoying poor jokes . It is , however , a simple matter of fact , that although men of great culture 16 [ ESSAY HUMAN INTERCOURSE .
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... Poor men often observe external facts with the greatest shrewd- ness and accuracy , and have interesting things to tell when they see that you set up no barrier of pride against them . Perhaps they do not know much about architec- ture ...
... Poor men often observe external facts with the greatest shrewd- ness and accuracy , and have interesting things to tell when they see that you set up no barrier of pride against them . Perhaps they do not know much about architec- ture ...
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