The Map of Life, Conduct and CharacterLongmans, Green, 1899 - 328 pages |
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... Marriages resulting from a common weakness Independent spheres in marriage . - Effect on character The age of marriage • • Increased independence of women CHAPTER XV SUCCESS 280 • 282 285 286 • 287 288 290 290 291 293 Success depends ...
... Marriages resulting from a common weakness Independent spheres in marriage . - Effect on character The age of marriage • • Increased independence of women CHAPTER XV SUCCESS 280 • 282 285 286 • 287 288 290 290 291 293 Success depends ...
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... marry and propagate a feeble offspring . The other is the steady movement of population from the country to the towns , which is one of the most conspicuous features of modern civilisation . These two influences inevitably and ...
... marry and propagate a feeble offspring . The other is the steady movement of population from the country to the towns , which is one of the most conspicuous features of modern civilisation . These two influences inevitably and ...
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... married clergy , who have mixed in all the lay influences of an English university , and who still take part in the pursuits , studies , social intercourse and amusements of laymen , are not likely to form a separate caste or to con ...
... married clergy , who have mixed in all the lay influences of an English university , and who still take part in the pursuits , studies , social intercourse and amusements of laymen , are not likely to form a separate caste or to con ...
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... Marriage perhaps more frequently than any other ordinary agency in early life transforms or deeply modifies the character , for it puts an end to powerful temptations and brings with it a profound change of habits and motives ...
... Marriage perhaps more frequently than any other ordinary agency in early life transforms or deeply modifies the character , for it puts an end to powerful temptations and brings with it a profound change of habits and motives ...
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... marriage ; but even if he is fortunate enough to attain this , it will probably only be after several years , and in those years a fatal bias is likely to be given to his life which can never be recovered . Yet experience shows that in ...
... marriage ; but even if he is fortunate enough to attain this , it will probably only be after several years , and in those years a fatal bias is likely to be given to his life which can never be recovered . Yet experience shows that in ...
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