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... means follow that reason must of necessity be confined to such a humble role , any more than it follows that because there is war now there must always be wars , nor that we ought not to be guided by reason , at least as much as we can ...
... means follow that reason must of necessity be confined to such a humble role , any more than it follows that because there is war now there must always be wars , nor that we ought not to be guided by reason , at least as much as we can ...
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... means or can mean ill - omened , disastrous ; and ' perplexed ' means or can mean grieved , tortured , the mind on the rack . There is no hyperbole here , but neither is there understatement . In the noble and simple magnificence of ...
... means or can mean ill - omened , disastrous ; and ' perplexed ' means or can mean grieved , tortured , the mind on the rack . There is no hyperbole here , but neither is there understatement . In the noble and simple magnificence of ...
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... means of emphasis and an instrument of persuasion . An argument might be conducted from step to step — and in the pamphleteers it often is - by a series of puns . The genius of the language encouraged them . ' So significant are our ...
... means of emphasis and an instrument of persuasion . An argument might be conducted from step to step — and in the pamphleteers it often is - by a series of puns . The genius of the language encouraged them . ' So significant are our ...
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PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS By J H Clapham | 19 |
TSARDOM AND IMPERIALISM IN THE FAR EAST and Middle East | 25 |
REASON AND INTUITION Philosophical Lecture By A C Ewing | 67 |
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