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... interest out of the Turks and Egyptians , and now we try to get too much into , and out of , our boys and girls . It is not unusual nowadays to hear girls preferred to boys even by the parents of large families . Formerly it was said ...
... interest out of the Turks and Egyptians , and now we try to get too much into , and out of , our boys and girls . It is not unusual nowadays to hear girls preferred to boys even by the parents of large families . Formerly it was said ...
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... interest , not that dead anatomy of culture which turns the universe into a mere ceaseless answer to queries . " Also to quote Mrs. Battle , " her business , her duty , the thing she came into the world to do , -and she did it . She ...
... interest , not that dead anatomy of culture which turns the universe into a mere ceaseless answer to queries . " Also to quote Mrs. Battle , " her business , her duty , the thing she came into the world to do , -and she did it . She ...
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... interest . Set up whatever business you like in the house , the more hands there are to work it the better it will pay ; it is only in those houses where idleness is the rule that children are a burden upon the family . Do not keep them ...
... interest . Set up whatever business you like in the house , the more hands there are to work it the better it will pay ; it is only in those houses where idleness is the rule that children are a burden upon the family . Do not keep them ...
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... interests enrich the present and the past the most : it is natural for a tree to branch out when it has attained a certain growth . A child with free run of a library ( or even a bookcase ) and use of a strong easy - going piano is more ...
... interests enrich the present and the past the most : it is natural for a tree to branch out when it has attained a certain growth . A child with free run of a library ( or even a bookcase ) and use of a strong easy - going piano is more ...
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... interest in talk upon the subject , or at least know that there is something to learn . Accuracy may as well be learnt in some useful result as in something learnt for learning's sake , which is much like eating for the sake of eating ...
... interest in talk upon the subject , or at least know that there is something to learn . Accuracy may as well be learnt in some useful result as in something learnt for learning's sake , which is much like eating for the sake of eating ...
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