The British Empire Series: India, Ceylon, Straits Settlements, British North Borneo, Hong-KongK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1899 |
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Page ix
... practical man is content to accept the boons of Providence , the results of genius in states- manship , without attempting to penetrate into their All hidden working , and to the " soul of the ix INTRODUCTION By Sir RAYMOND WEST, LL D ...
... practical man is content to accept the boons of Providence , the results of genius in states- manship , without attempting to penetrate into their All hidden working , and to the " soul of the ix INTRODUCTION By Sir RAYMOND WEST, LL D ...
Page xviii
... practical point of view , past experience makes it certain that without European enlightenment and vigour the vast improvements we see would not have been carried through . Nor would they have been achieved at such a cost of toil and ...
... practical point of view , past experience makes it certain that without European enlightenment and vigour the vast improvements we see would not have been carried through . Nor would they have been achieved at such a cost of toil and ...
Page xxi
... practical assimilation . He forgets what long ages , what lessons of wisdom , piety , and suffering have gone to form the tendencies and stamp of mind to which working by the methods of liberty and individualism has become natural ...
... practical assimilation . He forgets what long ages , what lessons of wisdom , piety , and suffering have gone to form the tendencies and stamp of mind to which working by the methods of liberty and individualism has become natural ...
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... practical consideration . Quite apart from the social question as above described and the general dislike of innovation which pervades Orientals , the stationary character of Indian society may be inferred from the fact that amongst the ...
... practical consideration . Quite apart from the social question as above described and the general dislike of innovation which pervades Orientals , the stationary character of Indian society may be inferred from the fact that amongst the ...
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... practical work of life , and are fairly well equipped for their work by the education they receive ; while a few have dis- tinguished themselves in literature , science , and law . Among those who have within recent years won a name for ...
... practical work of life , and are fairly well equipped for their work by the education they receive ; while a few have dis- tinguished themselves in literature , science , and law . Among those who have within recent years won a name for ...
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