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... commonplace as anything can be . Of the history of that word there is no need to say much . It was the translation of the Latin locus communis and meant a theme or truth of general application . And so it naturally came to be applied in ...
... commonplace as anything can be . Of the history of that word there is no need to say much . It was the translation of the Latin locus communis and meant a theme or truth of general application . And so it naturally came to be applied in ...
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... commonplace when we hear that voice ? And yet what can be a greater platitude than that every moment of our lives brings us nearer to death ? The truth then must be that both the word commonplace and the thing it represents have more in ...
... commonplace when we hear that voice ? And yet what can be a greater platitude than that every moment of our lives brings us nearer to death ? The truth then must be that both the word commonplace and the thing it represents have more in ...
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... commonplace new - born in that beauty which is the best revealer of truth . The same thing is notoriously true of the Greek dramatists . Their choral songs are for ever turning from the most adventurous flights of legendary story , or ...
... commonplace new - born in that beauty which is the best revealer of truth . The same thing is notoriously true of the Greek dramatists . Their choral songs are for ever turning from the most adventurous flights of legendary story , or ...
Contents
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191819 | 19 |
RALEIGH LECTURE ON HISTORY 1920 THE BRITISH SOLDIER | 29 |
ANNUAL REPORT FOR 191920 | 31 |
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