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Page 110
Nobody in the office , including himself , had believed the thing in the least degree possible . But everyone , including himself , agreed that , once the change had been made , the thing had proved to be feasible and a everyone's work ...
Nobody in the office , including himself , had believed the thing in the least degree possible . But everyone , including himself , agreed that , once the change had been made , the thing had proved to be feasible and a everyone's work ...
Page 159
Another thing I liked about the Sinhalese was their religion . I am essentially and fundamentally irreligious , as I have explained in Sowing , but , if one must have a religion , Buddhism seems to me superior to all other religions .
Another thing I liked about the Sinhalese was their religion . I am essentially and fundamentally irreligious , as I have explained in Sowing , but , if one must have a religion , Buddhism seems to me superior to all other religions .
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The whole thing was characteristic of village life in Ceylon 50 years ago . The kernel of the trouble was 48 acres of land , the ownership of which was in dispute between the villagers on one side and the Court interpreter of Tangalla ...
The whole thing was characteristic of village life in Ceylon 50 years ago . The kernel of the trouble was 48 acres of land , the ownership of which was in dispute between the villagers on one side and the Court interpreter of Tangalla ...
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| Title | Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2 Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Leonard Woolf Volume 2 of Woolf, Leonard: An autobiography of the years |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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