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Page xv
... better instead of being content with the actual worse . Without this motive force primitive man would never have substituted the wheel for the sled , Greeks would not have evolved democratic processes of government , Romans of the ...
... better instead of being content with the actual worse . Without this motive force primitive man would never have substituted the wheel for the sled , Greeks would not have evolved democratic processes of government , Romans of the ...
Page xvii
... better job in reading your textbooks and collateral library assignments ? What this book teaches can be applied in almost every course you take . Thus the time spent now in improving your skill in critical reading will be repaid many ...
... better job in reading your textbooks and collateral library assignments ? What this book teaches can be applied in almost every course you take . Thus the time spent now in improving your skill in critical reading will be repaid many ...
Page 328
... better concentrate on your school work instead of the typing . You'll do better work . Faster . Have more time for the full college life . Tests conducted at Boston University , Columbia and the University of Illinois prove that even ...
... better concentrate on your school work instead of the typing . You'll do better work . Faster . Have more time for the full college life . Tests conducted at Boston University , Columbia and the University of Illinois prove that even ...
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