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... intellect and knowledge , the power of beauty , the power of social life and manners . Expansion , conduct , science , beauty , manners , —here are the conditions of civilisation , the claimants which man must satisfy before he can be ...
... intellect and knowledge , the power of beauty , the power of social life and manners . Expansion , conduct , science , beauty , manners , —here are the conditions of civilisation , the claimants which man must satisfy before he can be ...
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... intellect and knowledge , the power of beauty . The power of conduct is the greatest of all . And without in the least wishing to preach , I must observe , as a mere matter of natural fact and experi- ence , that for the power of ...
... intellect and knowledge , the power of beauty . The power of conduct is the greatest of all . And without in the least wishing to preach , I must observe , as a mere matter of natural fact and experi- ence , that for the power of ...
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... intellect and knowledge , the power of beauty , the power of social life and manners . And something , by what they became , they gained , and the whole nation with them ; they deepened and fixed for this nation the sense of conduct ...
... intellect and knowledge , the power of beauty , the power of social life and manners . And something , by what they became , they gained , and the whole nation with them ; they deepened and fixed for this nation the sense of conduct ...
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... intellect and knowledge , to the power of beauty . The sense of conduct , too , meets with fewer trials in this class . To some extent , however , their contiguousness to the aristocratic class has now II 67 11. ] . EQUALITY .
... intellect and knowledge , to the power of beauty . The sense of conduct , too , meets with fewer trials in this class . To some extent , however , their contiguousness to the aristocratic class has now II 67 11. ] . EQUALITY .
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... intellect and knowledge , a stunted sense of beauty , a low standard of manners . And the lower class see before them the aristocratic class , and its civilisation , such as it is , even infinitely more out of their reach than out of ...
... intellect and knowledge , a stunted sense of beauty , a low standard of manners . And the lower class see before them the aristocratic class , and its civilisation , such as it is , even infinitely more out of their reach than out of ...
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