How to Observe: Morals and MannersC. Knight and Company, 1838 - 238 էջ |
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... give you little general information about the people I have been seeing ; I have not studied the principles of morals ; I am no judge of national man- ners . و " There would be nothing to be ashamed of in such an avowal . No wise man ...
... give you little general information about the people I have been seeing ; I have not studied the principles of morals ; I am no judge of national man- ners . و " There would be nothing to be ashamed of in such an avowal . No wise man ...
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... gives any quality which he may have observed in a few individu- als as a characteristic of a nation , the evil is not speedily or easily remediable . Abject thinkers , passive read- ers adopt his words ; parents repeat them to their ...
... gives any quality which he may have observed in a few individu- als as a characteristic of a nation , the evil is not speedily or easily remediable . Abject thinkers , passive read- ers adopt his words ; parents repeat them to their ...
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... give means of approximation to truth ; and , by - and - by , what is fixed and essential in a people will be brought out . " It ought to be an animating thought to a traveller , that , even if it be not in his power to settle any one ...
... give means of approximation to truth ; and , by - and - by , what is fixed and essential in a people will be brought out . " It ought to be an animating thought to a traveller , that , even if it be not in his power to settle any one ...
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... give a simple report of what has come under their notice . But what work on earth is more serious than this of giving an account of the most grave and important things which are transacted on this globe ? Every true report is a great ...
... give a simple report of what has come under their notice . But what work on earth is more serious than this of giving an account of the most grave and important things which are transacted on this globe ? Every true report is a great ...
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... give his attention to modes of conduct which seem to him good or bad , prevalent in a nation , or district , or society of smaller limits . His first general principle is , that the law of nature is the only one by which mankind at ...
... give his attention to modes of conduct which seem to him good or bad , prevalent in a nation , or district , or society of smaller limits . His first general principle is , that the law of nature is the only one by which mankind at ...
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