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... seems that , in general history , the custom is to translate such names in toto , whilst literary historians prefer leaving them in their original form . Thus we say JOAN OF ARC , but JOHN J. ROUSSEAU would , to say the least , " sound ...
... seems that , in general history , the custom is to translate such names in toto , whilst literary historians prefer leaving them in their original form . Thus we say JOAN OF ARC , but JOHN J. ROUSSEAU would , to say the least , " sound ...
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... seems to be particularly distinct . Not only are his conceptions of society , art , religion , definite in themselves , but they are in harmony 1 Cf. the closing words of Seignobos's Political History of Europe since 1814 : " For these ...
... seems to be particularly distinct . Not only are his conceptions of society , art , religion , definite in themselves , but they are in harmony 1 Cf. the closing words of Seignobos's Political History of Europe since 1814 : " For these ...
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... seem too arrogant a claim , we must hasten to repeat that culture is not the sole , nor even the highest , ideal of mankind . Discipline means restraint , and entails artificiality . Clearness is apt to seem shallow , al- though ...
... seem too arrogant a claim , we must hasten to repeat that culture is not the sole , nor even the highest , ideal of mankind . Discipline means restraint , and entails artificiality . Clearness is apt to seem shallow , al- though ...
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... seems reasonable to assume that France in Europe has reached her final shape . Now that Alsace - Lorraine has been restored , and after a plebiscite has been taken in the Saar Valley , there will not be an inch of territory upon which ...
... seems reasonable to assume that France in Europe has reached her final shape . Now that Alsace - Lorraine has been restored , and after a plebiscite has been taken in the Saar Valley , there will not be an inch of territory upon which ...
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... seem , the Pyrenees do not form . a strict ethnic frontier . At their western end we find , both 1 Rabelais , Molière , Labiche . 2 Among Auvergnat cities may be mentioned Clermont - Ferrand , old capital and university seat ; Le Puy ...
... seem , the Pyrenees do not form . a strict ethnic frontier . At their western end we find , both 1 Rabelais , Molière , Labiche . 2 Among Auvergnat cities may be mentioned Clermont - Ferrand , old capital and university seat ; Le Puy ...
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