Physics and Politics: Or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of "natural Selection" and "inheritance" to Political SocietyC. K. Paul & Company, 1881 - 224 Seiten |
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... English literature . The points which lie on the surface of the history are these : -The eldest male parent - the eldest ascendant- is absolutely supreme in his household . His dominion extends to life and death , and is as unqualified ...
... English literature . The points which lie on the surface of the history are these : -The eldest male parent - the eldest ascendant- is absolutely supreme in his household . His dominion extends to life and death , and is as unqualified ...
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... English rat - not the pleasantest of our domestic creatures - has gone everywhere ; to Australia , to New Zealand , to America : nothing but a compli- cated rat - miracle could ever root him out . Nor could a common force expel the ...
... English rat - not the pleasantest of our domestic creatures - has gone everywhere ; to Australia , to New Zealand , to America : nothing but a compli- cated rat - miracle could ever root him out . Nor could a common force expel the ...
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... English character was much the same in many great respects in Chaucer's time as it was in Elizabeth's time or Anne's time , or as it is now . But some quali- ties were added to this common element in one era and some in another ; some ...
... English character was much the same in many great respects in Chaucer's time as it was in Elizabeth's time or Anne's time , or as it is now . But some quali- ties were added to this common element in one era and some in another ; some ...
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... English race is placed in like circumstances . But even in these useful particulars the innate tendency of the human mind to become like what is around it , has effected much ; a sluggish Englishman will often catch the eager Ameri- can ...
... English race is placed in like circumstances . But even in these useful particulars the innate tendency of the human mind to become like what is around it , has effected much ; a sluggish Englishman will often catch the eager Ameri- can ...
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... English particulars . And as to a hundred minor points - in so many that go to mark the typical Yankee - usefulness has had no share either in their origin or their propagation . The acci- dent of some predominant person possessing them ...
... English particulars . And as to a hundred minor points - in so many that go to mark the typical Yankee - usefulness has had no share either in their origin or their propagation . The acci- dent of some predominant person possessing them ...
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