Through Boyhood to Manhood: A Plea for IdealsLongmans, Green, 1899 - 194 pages |
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... England over . There may be more or less of this or that fault , of this or that virtue , in this or that school , but the standard of the highest possible that can be reached , the standard of the lowest possible that can be allowed ...
... England over . There may be more or less of this or that fault , of this or that virtue , in this or that school , but the standard of the highest possible that can be reached , the standard of the lowest possible that can be allowed ...
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... England are indeed a patient and long - suffering race ; also enough to make one certain that they are patient and long - suffering in exactly the wrong place , if they do not rise up in a body and insist that their boys should , when ...
... England are indeed a patient and long - suffering race ; also enough to make one certain that they are patient and long - suffering in exactly the wrong place , if they do not rise up in a body and insist that their boys should , when ...
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... England are by so many centuries ' lapse so much stronger , so much holier , so much purer than they were then ; but this one idea , this one motive , to which the system of public schools still bends is very much the same , but with ...
... England are by so many centuries ' lapse so much stronger , so much holier , so much purer than they were then ; but this one idea , this one motive , to which the system of public schools still bends is very much the same , but with ...
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... ENGLAND TO 1896. Chro- nologically Arranged . By A. H. DYKE ACLAND , M.P. , and CYRIL RANSOME , M.A. Crown 8vo . , 6s . ANNUAL REGISTER ( THE ) . A Re- view of Public Events at Home and Abroad , for the year 1897. 8vo . , 18s . Volumes ...
... ENGLAND TO 1896. Chro- nologically Arranged . By A. H. DYKE ACLAND , M.P. , and CYRIL RANSOME , M.A. Crown 8vo . , 6s . ANNUAL REGISTER ( THE ) . A Re- view of Public Events at Home and Abroad , for the year 1897. 8vo . , 18s . Volumes ...
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