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... thought and feeling . One day he asked one of his disciples Tseng Hsi to talk about his ambition . Tseng Hsi replied , ' In late spring , when the new spring dress is made , I would like to go with five or six grown- ups and six or ...
... thought and feeling . One day he asked one of his disciples Tseng Hsi to talk about his ambition . Tseng Hsi replied , ' In late spring , when the new spring dress is made , I would like to go with five or six grown- ups and six or ...
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... thought that " knowledge was the best . " But she was terribly wrong when " She desired to learn all sciences , and then purposed to found a college of learned women , " 10 She neglected to give a thought to a man's life span . Life is ...
... thought that " knowledge was the best . " But she was terribly wrong when " She desired to learn all sciences , and then purposed to found a college of learned women , " 10 She neglected to give a thought to a man's life span . Life is ...
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... thought about should be how to educate his subjects in order to make them capable of running the political affairs of his " ideal government " themselves . In the writer's opinion , Johnson here indirectly hinted that an ideal ...
... thought about should be how to educate his subjects in order to make them capable of running the political affairs of his " ideal government " themselves . In the writer's opinion , Johnson here indirectly hinted that an ideal ...
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