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... learning is gone , and nothing has yet come to take its place . Never did an ancient civilization fall so swiftly and , to outward appearance , so utterly . Yet all the while the self - confidence and self- esteem of this strange people ...
... learning is gone , and nothing has yet come to take its place . Never did an ancient civilization fall so swiftly and , to outward appearance , so utterly . Yet all the while the self - confidence and self- esteem of this strange people ...
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... learning . From China to Peru it is a far cry . There are in that country , and in some of the other Spanish American states , a few persons of superior attainments who cultivate letters and produce books of a certain merit . But ...
... learning . From China to Peru it is a far cry . There are in that country , and in some of the other Spanish American states , a few persons of superior attainments who cultivate letters and produce books of a certain merit . But ...
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... learning and culture in Europe , was derived the most potent impulse to the transforma- tion of historical studies - a glory in which a share belongs to many names illustrious for ever in the annals of research and criticism ...
... learning and culture in Europe , was derived the most potent impulse to the transforma- tion of historical studies - a glory in which a share belongs to many names illustrious for ever in the annals of research and criticism ...
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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS BY THE RIGHT HON VISCOUNT BRYCE O M | 7 |
THE CELTIC INSCRIPTIONS OF CISALPINE GAUL BY SIR JOHN RHŶS | 23 |
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS AT THE OPENING MEETING OF THE INTER | 113 |
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