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... Greece with their crested helmets and breastplates of bronze align themselves against the war - lusting , colorfully clad Persians ! Greece came out of the struggle strong , proud , self - conscious and ready for great achieve- ments in ...
... Greece with their crested helmets and breastplates of bronze align themselves against the war - lusting , colorfully clad Persians ! Greece came out of the struggle strong , proud , self - conscious and ready for great achieve- ments in ...
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... Greece gave to the world . Our schools and universities , our gymnasiums and stadiums , our athletics and Olympic games trace their lineage to Greece . Gymnastic sports are mentioned in the Iliad of Homer . Plato and Aristotle deemed ...
... Greece gave to the world . Our schools and universities , our gymnasiums and stadiums , our athletics and Olympic games trace their lineage to Greece . Gymnastic sports are mentioned in the Iliad of Homer . Plato and Aristotle deemed ...
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... Greece enjoys from the mainstream of Europe . That fresh vigor which has always characterized the Greek mind , that vividness of sense conception that caused the Greeks at so early a period in their history to seek expression in art ...
... Greece enjoys from the mainstream of Europe . That fresh vigor which has always characterized the Greek mind , that vividness of sense conception that caused the Greeks at so early a period in their history to seek expression in art ...
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Farewell to Youth | 1 |
Has War a Moral | 13 |
A Free India | 31 |
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