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... speak a few reasonable words . GOETHE It has been said that a wise lecturer , like a wise general . should choose his own ground for giving battle , and select a subject for consideration about which he knows more than any of his ...
... speak a few reasonable words . GOETHE It has been said that a wise lecturer , like a wise general . should choose his own ground for giving battle , and select a subject for consideration about which he knows more than any of his ...
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... speak of the Art of Leisure , I am not re- ferring to the spare hours which clean and healthy youth must devote to the exertion of their legs and arms -without which the ' mens sana ' can never reach its full stature . I take it for ...
... speak of the Art of Leisure , I am not re- ferring to the spare hours which clean and healthy youth must devote to the exertion of their legs and arms -without which the ' mens sana ' can never reach its full stature . I take it for ...
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... speaking , it is the man himsel ( and no other person ) who feeds his own heart : so , in- tellectually , the heart ... speak of talent rather than of genius ; for talent is more normal and is more enviable than genius , which is often ...
... speaking , it is the man himsel ( and no other person ) who feeds his own heart : so , in- tellectually , the heart ... speak of talent rather than of genius ; for talent is more normal and is more enviable than genius , which is often ...
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Foreword page | 1 |
Books and Their Uses | 15 |
Memoirs and Biographies | 41 |
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