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I am not ashamed to avow myself a convinced believer in democracy ; but democracy , rightly understood , does not exclude excellence , and to attain excellence in any branch of human activity is given to no more than a minority of men .
I am not ashamed to avow myself a convinced believer in democracy ; but democracy , rightly understood , does not exclude excellence , and to attain excellence in any branch of human activity is given to no more than a minority of men .
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It has been maintained that Manzoni's conception of history is vitiated by his untiring search after human responsi- bility . The answer is that the notion of human responsibility is precisely what gives history a meaning in Manzoni's ...
It has been maintained that Manzoni's conception of history is vitiated by his untiring search after human responsi- bility . The answer is that the notion of human responsibility is precisely what gives history a meaning in Manzoni's ...
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... typical in that they represent those recurrent situations and those permanent structural elements of the human spirit which the poets are continually recovering for us from the wastage and loss of everyday life .
... typical in that they represent those recurrent situations and those permanent structural elements of the human spirit which the poets are continually recovering for us from the wastage and loss of everyday life .
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Contents
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By Sir H I Bell | 15 |
ALESSANDRO MANZONI Italian Lecture By A P dEntrèves | 23 |
MORAL PRINCIPLES AND INDUCTIVE POLICIES Philosophical | 51 |
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