Through Boyhood to Manhood: A Plea for IdealsLongmans, Green, 1899 - 194 pages |
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... lead and dominate . In each preparatory school as it comes into existence there is for its centre the influence of the one man who founds it . His influence must be paramount : if it should fail it would only mean that some one else was ...
... lead and dominate . In each preparatory school as it comes into existence there is for its centre the influence of the one man who founds it . His influence must be paramount : if it should fail it would only mean that some one else was ...
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... lead to a state of things where sin and evil can 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 ...
... lead to a state of things where sin and evil can 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 ...
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... lead boys and men to value their own country and their own society primarily because they themselves are natives of this country or members of that society , then patriotism and esprit de corps become in them qualities no longer worthy ...
... lead boys and men to value their own country and their own society primarily because they themselves are natives of this country or members of that society , then patriotism and esprit de corps become in them qualities no longer worthy ...
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... And in saying later where , in my opinion , the root of the evil lies , in what falseness of the system it originates , I hope I may at least offer a subject the discussion of which might lead to some good , some chance of more clearness ...
... And in saying later where , in my opinion , the root of the evil lies , in what falseness of the system it originates , I hope I may at least offer a subject the discussion of which might lead to some good , some chance of more clearness ...
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... lead a life on which religion had a definite permeating influence . An old head - master of Rugby used to tell a story of a parent who , having brought his boy to school and gone with much care and detail through all the usual 36 ...
... lead a life on which religion had a definite permeating influence . An old head - master of Rugby used to tell a story of a parent who , having brought his boy to school and gone with much care and detail through all the usual 36 ...
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