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... idea . In a culture like ours there are many ideas which cannot possibly be expressed by the familiar , short words of our everyday vocabulary ; they require the use of longer words , many of which were created expressly to stand for such ...
... idea . In a culture like ours there are many ideas which cannot possibly be expressed by the familiar , short words of our everyday vocabulary ; they require the use of longer words , many of which were created expressly to stand for such ...
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... ideas with others as well as to take in new ideas from your teachers and from books . But unless these ideas are proven in your experience — that is , unless you make them your own by thinking them through and finally developing them in ...
... ideas with others as well as to take in new ideas from your teachers and from books . But unless these ideas are proven in your experience — that is , unless you make them your own by thinking them through and finally developing them in ...
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... ideas unless you first express them adequately and literally in your own words ; only then can these ideas begin to become your own . If you do thus make use of ideas or material taken over from other persons or documents , published or ...
... ideas unless you first express them adequately and literally in your own words ; only then can these ideas begin to become your own . If you do thus make use of ideas or material taken over from other persons or documents , published or ...
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