Growing, an Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911The author's account of his seven years as a civil servant in Ceylon. |
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Page 110
But once the revolution was made and delays got rid of in the office , the more the
work the more effective is efficiency . One day after I had been transferred from
Kandy to Hambantota , I had to go up country on official business . In the late ...
But once the revolution was made and delays got rid of in the office , the more the
work the more effective is efficiency . One day after I had been transferred from
Kandy to Hambantota , I had to go up country on official business . In the late ...
Page 143
In my year in Kandy I opened the shrine only three times , once for the Perahera ,
once at my request for the Empress , and once at the Diwa Nilame ' s request for
Reginald Farrer , the Himalayan botanist , who had become a Buddhist .
In my year in Kandy I opened the shrine only three times , once for the Perahera ,
once at my request for the Empress , and once at the Diwa Nilame ' s request for
Reginald Farrer , the Himalayan botanist , who had become a Buddhist .
Page 244
But as they had no time to get together with their co - religionists and prepare
their evidence — which was my object in starting proceedings at once — they
very clearly gave it all away . After recording sufficient evidence to show beyond
doubt ...
But as they had no time to get together with their co - religionists and prepare
their evidence — which was my object in starting proceedings at once — they
very clearly gave it all away . After recording sufficient evidence to show beyond
doubt ...
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| Title | Growing, an Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911 Volume 2 of An autobiography, Leonard Woolf Leonard Woolf Volume 2 of Autobiography, Leonard Woolf |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Hogarth Press, 1961 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0701202521, 9780701202521 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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