Modern Eloquence, Volume 8Thomas Brackett Reed, Rossiter Johnson, Justin McCarthy, Albert Ellery Bergh J.D. Morris, 1900 |
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... question was gradually getting propounded , and the answer , as with all such great questions , came by slow stages . Portuguese navigators first gave shape to the problem ; and here , as throughout the story , we never get far away ...
... question was gradually getting propounded , and the answer , as with all such great questions , came by slow stages . Portuguese navigators first gave shape to the problem ; and here , as throughout the story , we never get far away ...
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... question had already been asked by the King of Portugal . The person of whom he asked the question was the greatest astrono- mer of that century , Paolo Toscanelli , of Florence ; and Toscanelli's reply was , " Can there be a shorter ...
... question had already been asked by the King of Portugal . The person of whom he asked the question was the greatest astrono- mer of that century , Paolo Toscanelli , of Florence ; and Toscanelli's reply was , " Can there be a shorter ...
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... question of coeducation . " I beg your pardon , " said the student ; " what question do you mean ? " Why coeducation , " said the professor ; " the education of women in colleges for men . " 66 Oh , " said the student , " coeducation is ...
... question of coeducation . " I beg your pardon , " said the student ; " what question do you mean ? " Why coeducation , " said the professor ; " the education of women in colleges for men . " 66 Oh , " said the student , " coeducation is ...
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VOLUME VIII | 399 |
ELIOT CHARLES WILLIAM | 413 |
EMERSON RALPH WALDO | 419 |
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