Through Boyhood to Manhood: A Plea for IdealsLongmans, Green, 1899 - 194 pages |
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... comes when the boys , as little lads , leave home for a preparatory school , or when , as boys just verging into young manhood , they leave a preparatory school for a public school . As one whose life has been spent in great part among ...
... comes when the boys , as little lads , leave home for a preparatory school , or when , as boys just verging into young manhood , they leave a preparatory school for a public school . As one whose life has been spent in great part among ...
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... comes into a preparatory school one's thought for him is : " How will he do when he goes to a public school ? " One's efforts are mainly directed to teaching him to be able to stand alone at the age of thirteen or fourteen . One judges ...
... comes into a preparatory school one's thought for him is : " How will he do when he goes to a public school ? " One's efforts are mainly directed to teaching him to be able to stand alone at the age of thirteen or fourteen . One judges ...
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... comes as an opportunity for showing that power which is far better exerted in conquering one's self than in the taking of cities . How can we be so foolish , so short - sighted , as to suppose that a life built on a principle which ...
... comes as an opportunity for showing that power which is far better exerted in conquering one's self than in the taking of cities . How can we be so foolish , so short - sighted , as to suppose that a life built on a principle which ...
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... comes to be expressed in his daily life . What pain will not a man bear when the motive is that he should show a good front to the world , to the hunting world for instance , or the football world ? What pain will he bear when the ...
... comes to be expressed in his daily life . What pain will not a man bear when the motive is that he should show a good front to the world , to the hunting world for instance , or the football world ? What pain will he bear when the ...
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... come nearer to the point where I can say , with some hope of carrying conviction to my hearers , that the education which our boys get in public schools is in itself inadequate to form their characters as men . An education which is ...
... come nearer to the point where I can say , with some hope of carrying conviction to my hearers , that the education which our boys get in public schools is in itself inadequate to form their characters as men . An education which is ...
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