The Quarterly Review, Volumes 258-259John Murray, 1932 |
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... practical politics require us to face the world as it is , and not as we should wish it to be . We may perceive , as from Pisgah , a lovely distant land , but it is in the present , not quite so lovely , that we have to live . Mr ...
... practical politics require us to face the world as it is , and not as we should wish it to be . We may perceive , as from Pisgah , a lovely distant land , but it is in the present , not quite so lovely , that we have to live . Mr ...
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... Practical instruction was expensive , and it was difficult . It was easier to train boys to be clerks than artisans , and owing to the growth of trade there was a demand for clerks . By 1862 the only form of practical instruction that ...
... Practical instruction was expensive , and it was difficult . It was easier to train boys to be clerks than artisans , and owing to the growth of trade there was a demand for clerks . By 1862 the only form of practical instruction that ...
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... practical certainty . As it approaches nearer one can notice an interesting psycho- logical change in the general attitude towards it . It is no longer an ideal , a land of promise in the blue and misty distance . It is a practical ...
... practical certainty . As it approaches nearer one can notice an interesting psycho- logical change in the general attitude towards it . It is no longer an ideal , a land of promise in the blue and misty distance . It is a practical ...
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