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At once daring and judicious , open to new ideas but never losing his basic convictions , he combined a personal religious faith with the critical judgement of the true scholar . The same may be said of Canon Knox , whose acquaintance ...
At once daring and judicious , open to new ideas but never losing his basic convictions , he combined a personal religious faith with the critical judgement of the true scholar . The same may be said of Canon Knox , whose acquaintance ...
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It is , however , important to remember how much of our best historical writing , since English men of letters began to write in the vernacular , has come to us from scholars who did not work in universities and were not concerned with ...
It is , however , important to remember how much of our best historical writing , since English men of letters began to write in the vernacular , has come to us from scholars who did not work in universities and were not concerned with ...
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When I was speaking of the scholars who regained for all history — and not merely for short periods of it — a place among the Muses , I implied that they did so ultimately because they set a high value upon the dignity of man .
When I was speaking of the scholars who regained for all history — and not merely for short periods of it — a place among the Muses , I implied that they did so ultimately because they set a high value upon the dignity of man .
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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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| Title | Proceedings of the British Academy, Volume 36 Proceedings of the British Academy, British Academy |
| Author | British Academy |
| Publisher | British Academy |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 25 Nov 2009 |
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