The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Том 225 |
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It was now proposed to merge the whole Chamber into a single category of
universal suffrage ; or , in other words , to sweep away all distinctions between
the various classes of popular representatives . The Austrian Germans , and ,
especially ...
It was now proposed to merge the whole Chamber into a single category of
universal suffrage ; or , in other words , to sweep away all distinctions between
the various classes of popular representatives . The Austrian Germans , and ,
especially ...
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1915 , ' were composed with the special object of dispersing the mists of
ignorance and prejudice which still distorted the vision of certain classes in
France . The author is one of the most distinguished younger authorities on the
art of war , and ...
1915 , ' were composed with the special object of dispersing the mists of
ignorance and prejudice which still distorted the vision of certain classes in
France . The author is one of the most distinguished younger authorities on the
art of war , and ...
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Polybius ascribes it to selfishness and a high standard of comfort , which is
doubtless true of the upper and middle classes ; * * but the depopulation of rural
Greece can hardly be so accounted for . Perhaps the forests were cut down , and
the ...
Polybius ascribes it to selfishness and a high standard of comfort , which is
doubtless true of the upper and middle classes ; * * but the depopulation of rural
Greece can hardly be so accounted for . Perhaps the forests were cut down , and
the ...
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It is also well known that this decline is not evenly distributed among different
classes of the people . Until the decline began , large families were the rule in all
classes , and the slightly larger families of the poor were compensated by their ...
It is also well known that this decline is not evenly distributed among different
classes of the people . Until the decline began , large families were the rule in all
classes , and the slightly larger families of the poor were compensated by their ...
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Of the latter class we may say with Havelock Ellis that ' those who seek to restore
the · birth - rate of half a century ago are engaged in a task which ' would be
criminal if it were not based on ignorance , and which ' is in any case fatuous .
Of the latter class we may say with Havelock Ellis that ' those who seek to restore
the · birth - rate of half a century ago are engaged in a task which ' would be
criminal if it were not based on ignorance , and which ' is in any case fatuous .
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