The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 156A. Constable, 1882 |
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Page 111
... civilisation , there is no saying how far we might recede in two or three genera- tions . A great deal of civilisation may easily be , and has often been , changed by such causes into a great deal of barbarism . But culture is not ...
... civilisation , there is no saying how far we might recede in two or three genera- tions . A great deal of civilisation may easily be , and has often been , changed by such causes into a great deal of barbarism . But culture is not ...
Page 533
... Civilisation , ' that it is still the salt of the earth , still a missionary and a militant body , and that a great ex- ternal mission lies before it - the bringing into itself the oriental and semi - civilised world . 6 < ' The ...
... Civilisation , ' that it is still the salt of the earth , still a missionary and a militant body , and that a great ex- ternal mission lies before it - the bringing into itself the oriental and semi - civilised world . 6 < ' The ...
Page 549
... civilisation , he hints broadly that in the course of a few generations the whole of that civilisation may be destroyed by a social revolution . Nowhere does he offer us any tangible foundation for the faith that is to remove these ...
... civilisation , he hints broadly that in the course of a few generations the whole of that civilisation may be destroyed by a social revolution . Nowhere does he offer us any tangible foundation for the faith that is to remove these ...
Contents
1 Les Faux Don Sébastien Etude sur lHistoire | 1 |
par lAcadémie française pour la réception de M | 95 |
The Red Book of Menteith By William Fraser | 110 |
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