Through Boyhood to Manhood: A Plea for IdealsLongmans, Green, 1899 - 194 pages |
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... actions , all his standards of right and wrong , from the standpoint of how his life with other boys will be affected . To a certain extent this must be inevitable , but I hope to be able to convince some of my readers that , in many ...
... actions , all his standards of right and wrong , from the standpoint of how his life with other boys will be affected . To a certain extent this must be inevitable , but I hope to be able to convince some of my readers that , in many ...
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... action if we will only look deep enough - some reason , or at any rate some excuse , for this . If one acquiesces in any democratic system of government , one must also acquiesce in a certain level in the ad- ministration of that ...
... action if we will only look deep enough - some reason , or at any rate some excuse , for this . If one acquiesces in any democratic system of government , one must also acquiesce in a certain level in the ad- ministration of that ...
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... actions on the approval of the members of that society itself . Our truly unselfish men are those who , either through their homes or through some other outside cause , have been controlled during their boyhood UNSELFISHNESS . 27.
... actions on the approval of the members of that society itself . Our truly unselfish men are those who , either through their homes or through some other outside cause , have been controlled during their boyhood UNSELFISHNESS . 27.
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... action from some idealistic motive , from a longing after a standard higher than they can see or reach , because they have felt instinctively within themselves the necessity for such a motive and for such a standard . But the life at ...
... action from some idealistic motive , from a longing after a standard higher than they can see or reach , because they have felt instinctively within themselves the necessity for such a motive and for such a standard . But the life at ...
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... action to a religious motive , can scarcely be expected to feel satisfied to send his boys to a place where the highest acknowledged standard for action is the good of the community . Therefore they prefer to send them to a school where ...
... action to a religious motive , can scarcely be expected to feel satisfied to send his boys to a place where the highest acknowledged standard for action is the good of the community . Therefore they prefer to send them to a school where ...
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