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It was the story of a prosperous business man with little true education , who longed to cut a figure . He alighted upon a copy of Tom Paine's book and became carried away by the new philosophy . From him he learned the new phraseology ...
It was the story of a prosperous business man with little true education , who longed to cut a figure . He alighted upon a copy of Tom Paine's book and became carried away by the new philosophy . From him he learned the new phraseology ...
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And was it really true that virtue was so hard to attain that it was the prized possession of a small élite ? Was it really true that all noble qualities could be fostered only in aristocratic surroundings There are who think that ...
And was it really true that virtue was so hard to attain that it was the prized possession of a small élite ? Was it really true that all noble qualities could be fostered only in aristocratic surroundings There are who think that ...
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If we feel love , or a sense of beauty , then that love and that sense of beauty , are real ( i.e. true ) and are not open to question . Note the phrase ' whether it existed before or not ' ; there is no need for a correspondence with ...
If we feel love , or a sense of beauty , then that love and that sense of beauty , are real ( i.e. true ) and are not open to question . Note the phrase ' whether it existed before or not ' ; there is no need for a correspondence with ...
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Contents
Acknowledgements | 6 |
List of Illustrations | 7 |
The Age of Romanticism | 9 |
Copyright | |
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