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... learning , to maintain the standard of learning , throughout the nation and throughout the Empire ; to guard and foster the Commonwealth of humane studies in which the whole civilized world participates . " This is what we now proceed ...
... learning , to maintain the standard of learning , throughout the nation and throughout the Empire ; to guard and foster the Commonwealth of humane studies in which the whole civilized world participates . " This is what we now proceed ...
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... learning and guardianship of the continuity of civilization . It is not therefore idle to repeat that the danger which menaces learning is that not of conflict of sectional interests , but of a general relapse into barbarism ; it is not ...
... learning and guardianship of the continuity of civilization . It is not therefore idle to repeat that the danger which menaces learning is that not of conflict of sectional interests , but of a general relapse into barbarism ; it is not ...
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... learning from the others their irregular manners is easier than that of learning their irregular verbs , and generations pass before either morality or grammar be- comes stabilized again . That accounts for the superiority , both in its ...
... learning from the others their irregular manners is easier than that of learning their irregular verbs , and generations pass before either morality or grammar be- comes stabilized again . That accounts for the superiority , both in its ...
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ANNUAL REPORT 19356 | 3 |
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THE ENGLISH EPIC TRADITION Warton Lecture on English Poetry | 35 |
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