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... civilization . Neither condescending nor gushing , Corporal Wohlfarth absorbs and internalizes the myriad experiences that leave many in his situation and with his background baffled and exasperated . What is particularly remarkable ...
... civilization . Neither condescending nor gushing , Corporal Wohlfarth absorbs and internalizes the myriad experiences that leave many in his situation and with his background baffled and exasperated . What is particularly remarkable ...
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... civilization not to say all European civilization flows from the fountainhead of the language and phrasing of Homer . In all literature there is no other world so throbbing with life , so organic in its symmetry and solidarity , as that ...
... civilization not to say all European civilization flows from the fountainhead of the language and phrasing of Homer . In all literature there is no other world so throbbing with life , so organic in its symmetry and solidarity , as that ...
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... civilization which gave us our cultural nourishment . As long as civilization lasts , and indeed to help it last , man must read and remember what these men taught us . The government of ancient Athens is no more , its language has ...
... civilization which gave us our cultural nourishment . As long as civilization lasts , and indeed to help it last , man must read and remember what these men taught us . The government of ancient Athens is no more , its language has ...
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Farewell to Youth | 1 |
Has War a Moral | 13 |
A Free India | 31 |
Copyright | |
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