The Borzoi College ReaderCharles Muscatine, Marlene Griffith |
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... abolitionist inconsistent , narrow or blind . The propaganda for abolition speaks in hushed tones of the sanctity of ... abolitionists belong to nations that spend half their annual income on weapons of war and that honor research to ...
... abolitionist inconsistent , narrow or blind . The propaganda for abolition speaks in hushed tones of the sanctity of ... abolitionists belong to nations that spend half their annual income on weapons of war and that honor research to ...
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... abolitionists ' advocacy of an un- conditional " let live " is in truth part of the same cultural tendency that animates the killer . The Western peoples ' revulsion from power in do- mestic and foreign policy has made of the state a ...
... abolitionists ' advocacy of an un- conditional " let live " is in truth part of the same cultural tendency that animates the killer . The Western peoples ' revulsion from power in do- mestic and foreign policy has made of the state a ...
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... abolitionist's distorted view , and in the jury's and the prosecutor's , whose " second - degree " murder suggests killing someone " just a little . ” 1 If , on the other hand , execution and life imprisonment are judged too severe and ...
... abolitionist's distorted view , and in the jury's and the prosecutor's , whose " second - degree " murder suggests killing someone " just a little . ” 1 If , on the other hand , execution and life imprisonment are judged too severe and ...
Contents
THE NECESSITY FOR THINKING | 3 |
John Henry Newman | 43 |
THE RIGHT USE OF LANGUAGE | 57 |
Copyright | |
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