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... imagine . On Form 22 the residences of the applicant are stated for a period of 16 years . That is because she has lived long in each place , and the information is naturally and easily obtained . Usually it is vi PREFACE .
... imagine . On Form 22 the residences of the applicant are stated for a period of 16 years . That is because she has lived long in each place , and the information is naturally and easily obtained . Usually it is vi PREFACE .
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Matthew Weston Moggridge. information is naturally and easily obtained . Usually it is enough to obtain previous addresses for about four years . But the fuller the history the better is the chance of affording real and ample assistance ...
Matthew Weston Moggridge. information is naturally and easily obtained . Usually it is enough to obtain previous addresses for about four years . But the fuller the history the better is the chance of affording real and ample assistance ...
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... usually quite insufficient . To do any real good , if the distress be genuine , a much larger sum is required ; perhaps a sovereign , perhaps a good deal more . Your common sense will tell you at once that it would be wrong to give so ...
... usually quite insufficient . To do any real good , if the distress be genuine , a much larger sum is required ; perhaps a sovereign , perhaps a good deal more . Your common sense will tell you at once that it would be wrong to give so ...
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... usually very bare of furniture , but clean ; and the tidy appearance of a room has often stayed the gift which has gone to far less deserving objects . This by the way . Our present object is to note that careless giving causes the ...
... usually very bare of furniture , but clean ; and the tidy appearance of a room has often stayed the gift which has gone to far less deserving objects . This by the way . Our present object is to note that careless giving causes the ...
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... to more credit for disinterested zeal than the paid worker ; it may be so or it may not ; but more often the credit account stands the other way . cause . The word " honorary " will usually be dropped henceforward THE COMMITTEE . 23.
... to more credit for disinterested zeal than the paid worker ; it may be so or it may not ; but more often the credit account stands the other way . cause . The word " honorary " will usually be dropped henceforward THE COMMITTEE . 23.
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