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... the boy should be for the most part com- pleted ; and whether or not it be completed , at that age , or but little later , the specific should begin . History , which is first in Lord Bacon's enu- meration 2 EDUCATION OF YOUTH.
... the boy should be for the most part com- pleted ; and whether or not it be completed , at that age , or but little later , the specific should begin . History , which is first in Lord Bacon's enu- meration 2 EDUCATION OF YOUTH.
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Sir Henry Taylor. History , which is first in Lord Bacon's enu- meration , is still considered to be the fittest An extensive knowledge study for statesmen . of history will doubtless be of great advantage if other knowledge be not ...
Sir Henry Taylor. History , which is first in Lord Bacon's enu- meration , is still considered to be the fittest An extensive knowledge study for statesmen . of history will doubtless be of great advantage if other knowledge be not ...
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... history of the reign of Charles I .; and it is the materials for his- tories , rather than histories themselves , which , being judiciously selected , should be presented to the perusal of the pupil . But there are severer studies than ...
... history of the reign of Charles I .; and it is the materials for his- tories , rather than histories themselves , which , being judiciously selected , should be presented to the perusal of the pupil . But there are severer studies than ...
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... history , less abstractedly than in mathematics . In the further progress of the pupil , it will be well that he should be brought more closely to matters of business , and taught the application of his knowledge . With this view ...
... history , less abstractedly than in mathematics . In the further progress of the pupil , it will be well that he should be brought more closely to matters of business , and taught the application of his knowledge . With this view ...
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... history : - A. a Whig and a personal friend of an aristocratical Whig leader B. , joined the government of a Tory prime mi- nister C. In the circumstances of the time there was little or no real difference in political sentiment between ...
... history : - A. a Whig and a personal friend of an aristocratical Whig leader B. , joined the government of a Tory prime mi- nister C. In the circumstances of the time there was little or no real difference in political sentiment between ...
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