Through Boyhood to Manhood: A Plea for IdealsLongmans, Green, 1899 - 194 pages |
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... exist in a boy's life at a public school , just as much as in every other phase of his life , influences outside himself and his contact with his like strong enough to guide , lead and dominate . In each preparatory school as it comes ...
... exist in a boy's life at a public school , just as much as in every other phase of his life , influences outside himself and his contact with his like strong enough to guide , lead and dominate . In each preparatory school as it comes ...
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... exist unchecked ? Because the life of our public schools is such that by this life a man may learn endurance , esprit de corps and physical courage , are we to forget that the same system may foster in boys selfishness , moral cowardice ...
... exist unchecked ? Because the life of our public schools is such that by this life a man may learn endurance , esprit de corps and physical courage , are we to forget that the same system may foster in boys selfishness , moral cowardice ...
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... a football match as though for him pain did not exist , and yet who would not hesitate to make his whole family un- comfortable in the holidays if he has a cold 66 or a headache . the man who Do Do any UNSELFISHNESS . 21.
... a football match as though for him pain did not exist , and yet who would not hesitate to make his whole family un- comfortable in the holidays if he has a cold 66 or a headache . the man who Do Do any UNSELFISHNESS . 21.
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... exists side by side with the good in the system of public- school education . If we could be brought to acknowledge that the evil so permeates , so undermines , the system that the undoubted good does not get a fair chance , cannot get ...
... exists side by side with the good in the system of public- school education . If we could be brought to acknowledge that the evil so permeates , so undermines , the system that the undoubted good does not get a fair chance , cannot get ...
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... possibility to exist must be a false system of education . And I cannot see how the religious life in our public schools is to have a chance of getting any hold until the head - masters are allowed " full swing UNSELFISHNESS . 35.
... possibility to exist must be a false system of education . And I cannot see how the religious life in our public schools is to have a chance of getting any hold until the head - masters are allowed " full swing UNSELFISHNESS . 35.
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