Scribner's Magazine ..., Volume 78C. Scribner's sons, 1925 |
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... in the strange social fabric of the world he was called to govern such deeds spring from native mouths to English ears , creating the terrible force called prejudice . He watched his messenger trotting off on the far side. 18.
... in the strange social fabric of the world he was called to govern such deeds spring from native mouths to English ears , creating the terrible force called prejudice . He watched his messenger trotting off on the far side. 18.
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... English June . Study the native - you'll wedding of our master ? " I come , " he began , " to. He watched his messenger trotting off on the far side of the river , his cleft stick held out before him as Hermes might have carried his ...
... English June . Study the native - you'll wedding of our master ? " I come , " he began , " to. He watched his messenger trotting off on the far side of the river , his cleft stick held out before him as Hermes might have carried his ...
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... English . " I come , " he began , " to take up my duty in faithfulness for the son , as I did always for his father , for which he gave me these photographs and money , and two letters by his hand , no machine - made letters , after he ...
... English . " I come , " he began , " to take up my duty in faithfulness for the son , as I did always for his father , for which he gave me these photographs and money , and two letters by his hand , no machine - made letters , after he ...
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... English . Then I saw no vital necessity for knowing English . The kind of work I was then qualified for did not require any knowledge of the lan- guage . And being broke habitually , I had small occasion for shopping , though if it so ...
... English . Then I saw no vital necessity for knowing English . The kind of work I was then qualified for did not require any knowledge of the lan- guage . And being broke habitually , I had small occasion for shopping , though if it so ...
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... English class . It might just as well have been a Chinese class , so far as its members were concerned , including myself . It appeared to me that all that the students had gath- ered from what the teacher said to them was that he must ...
... English class . It might just as well have been a Chinese class , so far as its members were concerned , including myself . It appeared to me that all that the students had gath- ered from what the teacher said to them was that he must ...
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Page 664 - Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
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Page 141 - Therefore since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill, And while the sun and moon endure, Luck's a chance, but trouble's sure, I'd face it as a wise man would, And train for ill and not for good.
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