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... appears to be , entirely cut short by that catastrophe ; but those who have talked with us much in former years retain an influence that may be even more constant than our recollection of them . My own recollection of the dead is ...
... appears to be , entirely cut short by that catastrophe ; but those who have talked with us much in former years retain an influence that may be even more constant than our recollection of them . My own recollection of the dead is ...
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... 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 ...
... 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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... appear essential to us . Two people are both of them extremely religious , but one of them is a Mahometan and the other a Christian ; here the interest in religion causes a divergence enough in most cases to make intercourse impossible ...
... appear essential to us . Two people are both of them extremely religious , but one of them is a Mahometan and the other a Christian ; here the interest in religion causes a divergence enough in most cases to make intercourse impossible ...
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... appear safe to predict that little intercourse could exist between persons of different nationality . When , however , we observe the facts as they are in real life , we perceive that very strong and durable friendships often exist ...
... appear safe to predict that little intercourse could exist between persons of different nationality . When , however , we observe the facts as they are in real life , we perceive that very strong and durable friendships often exist ...
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... appear to take in hearing things which are as stale as they are inaccurate , repeated by every one they know , is that the repetition of them appears to be one of the signs of gentility , and to give alike to those who utter them and to ...
... appear to take in hearing things which are as stale as they are inaccurate , repeated by every one they know , is that the repetition of them appears to be one of the signs of gentility , and to give alike to those who utter them and to ...
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