Through Boyhood to Manhood: A Plea for IdealsLongmans, Green, 1899 - 194 pages |
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... present public - school system , he is when he sets out to rule a public school - taking in hand an institution in the building up of which he has had no sort of " say " . He is setting forth on the task of governing a country which ...
... present public - school system , he is when he sets out to rule a public school - taking in hand an institution in the building up of which he has had no sort of " say " . He is setting forth on the task of governing a country which ...
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... safety . We have all of us , parents and schoolmasters alike , stood more or less discontentedly by for generations while the public - school life of the present day has grown up . We have allowed evils 12 THROUGH BOYHOOD TO MANHOOD .
... safety . We have all of us , parents and schoolmasters alike , stood more or less discontentedly by for generations while the public - school life of the present day has grown up . We have allowed evils 12 THROUGH BOYHOOD TO MANHOOD .
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A Plea for Ideals Ennis Richmond. present day has grown up . We have allowed evils to develop which were inevitably bound to develop in such a society conducted in such a manner . One may say roughly that the young manhood of Great ...
A Plea for Ideals Ennis Richmond. present day has grown up . We have allowed evils to develop which were inevitably bound to develop in such a society conducted in such a manner . One may say roughly that the young manhood of Great ...
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... present to be found in most English public schools . I say that the religion a boy finds in the average public school is insufficient for nourishing in him any real religious life . And I think I could not want a better proof of the ...
... present to be found in most English public schools . I say that the religion a boy finds in the average public school is insufficient for nourishing in him any real religious life . And I think I could not want a better proof of the ...
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... present it is not at all easy for a boy at a public school to be both manly and religious , though , thanks be to God who giveth us the victory , it is possible ; but if boys were brought up in such fashion that when they went to a ...
... present it is not at all easy for a boy at a public school to be both manly and religious , though , thanks be to God who giveth us the victory , it is possible ; but if boys were brought up in such fashion that when they went to a ...
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