Essays for College EnglishJames Cloyd Bowman, Louis Ignatius Bredvold, LeRoy Bethuel Greenfield, Bruce Weirick D. C. Heath & Company, 1915 - 447 страница |
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... Greek letters will continue to be studied since they satisfy the sense of beauty better than do any other letters . 3. Summarize using a single sentence for each - the subordinate thoughts which the author uses to enforce each of his ...
... Greek letters will continue to be studied since they satisfy the sense of beauty better than do any other letters . 3. Summarize using a single sentence for each - the subordinate thoughts which the author uses to enforce each of his ...
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... Greek and Roman antiquity helps us to know our- selves and the world in that it helps us to know who these ancient peoples were and what they did in the world ; what we get from them , and what is the value of their bequest . II ...
... Greek and Roman antiquity helps us to know our- selves and the world in that it helps us to know who these ancient peoples were and what they did in the world ; what we get from them , and what is the value of their bequest . II ...
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... Greek letters . B. So long as human nature remains what it is , the instinct for self - preservation in humanity will bring men back to Greek by their wants and aspirations . THE SUMMARY 1. Condense the entire essay into a single ...
... Greek letters . B. So long as human nature remains what it is , the instinct for self - preservation in humanity will bring men back to Greek by their wants and aspirations . THE SUMMARY 1. Condense the entire essay into a single ...
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... Greek and the humane letters of other nations . THE CRITICISM 1. The criticism should answer the following questions : I. Has the author made his point ? A. Has he made every idea in the essay contribute xviii INTRODUCTION.
... Greek and the humane letters of other nations . THE CRITICISM 1. The criticism should answer the following questions : I. Has the author made his point ? A. Has he made every idea in the essay contribute xviii INTRODUCTION.
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... Greek states shows that the social feeling assumes its most binding and powerful character where the community is large enough to allow free play to the various interests of human life , but is not so large that it becomes an ...
... Greek states shows that the social feeling assumes its most binding and powerful character where the community is large enough to allow free play to the various interests of human life , but is not so large that it becomes an ...
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agricultural American American Historical Association Atlantic Monthly beauty become better C. E. Brock called census century church civilization coöperative course Credit Foncier economic edited effect efficiency energy England English essay fact farm farmers feel field force frontier Greek humane letters Huxley ideal ideas important Indian individual industrial influence instinct institutions intellectual interest labor land learned literature living loans mankind matter means ment mind modern moral mountains nation natural knowledge never organization PAUL ELMER philosophy physical Plato poetry political population positive science problem production Professor Huxley question Raiffeisen banks reason religion result romanticism rural rural free delivery scientific sense settlement Sir Horace Plunkett social society soil spirit student success things thought tion to-day truth United universe vocational West
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